Wall Street It closed mixed, almost flat, this Tuesday and its main indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 0.18% while the market waits attentively for the deadline for the ultimatum of the president of the United States to be met. donald trumpto Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or, otherwise, unleash “hell” on the country.
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At the close of the New York stock market, the Dow Jones lost 85 points, to 46,584; the selective S&P 500 added 0.08%, up to 6,616 integers; and the technological Nasdaq It advanced 0.1%, to 22,017 units.
The New York Stock Exchange closed almost static in what could be the last day before Trump’s deadline for Iran is met, which this weekend extended until 8:00 p.m. Washington time (00:00 GMT) this Tuesday.
In the last few hours, the president has intensified his tone against Tehran and has even threatened to end its civilization if there is no agreement.
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Previously, he promised to destroy all Iranian power plants, as well as its bridges and roads to return the Persian country to “the Stone Age.”
Although Trump assured this Monday that his ultimatum is “unpostponable”, despite having done so several times, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, a mediator in supposed peace negotiations, asked the US president to extend the deadline by two weeks.
“Diplomatic efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the war currently being waged in the Middle East are advancing steadily, firmly and decisively, with the potential for substantial results in the near future.“Sharif said in a message on X in which he asked Iran to reopen the strait during that same period.
At the corporate level, Apple fell 2.07% today after media outlets such as Nikkei Asia assured that the company faces “challenges” at the engineering level to be able to launch its new folding iPhones.
For its part, Texas intermediate oil (WTI) closed the session at $112.95 a barrel0.48% more than the previous one.
In other markets, gold, considered a safe haven asset, rose 1.07%, to $4,734 per ounce; while silver added 0.26%, to $73.04.
The Wall Street fear indicator, as the volatility index (VIX) is known, advanced 6.91% at the end of the trading day.
