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Wall Street runs in place as China trade deal drags on
NEW YORK, March 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Wall Street largely spun its wheels
on Thursday as investors fretted about the slackening momentum in US-China
trade negotiations while, British lawmakers voted to delay the exit from the
EU.
Shares in US aviation giant Boeing continued to slide, a day after the
United States became the last major economy to bar the company’s top-selling
aircraft from its airspace following Sunday’s deadly crash in Ethiopia.
Boeing shares were down 1 percent at the close, and have lost about 12
percent this week.
The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is heavily weighted to
Boeing, closed the session barely changed at 25,709.94.
The broader S&P 500 dipped a fraction to 2,808.48, while, the tech-heavy
Nasdaq lost 0.2 percent to end at 7,630.91.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said trade talks with China were
“moving along very well,” however the chances both sides will seal grand
bargain this month seem to be slipping.
No date has yet been set for the “signing summit” Trump earlier said was
likely to occur at the end of this month.
Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital told AFP that on trade markets were in a
“wait-and-see mode.”
“The trade deal seems to be pushed back, it caused some hesitancy,” he
said.
Apple shares added 1.1 percent, continuing gains on the back of a recent
analyst upgrade.
Embattled engineering giant General Electric announced early Thursday it
expected negative cash flow of as much as $2 billion from its core industrial
segment this year, setting up another year of lower profits. That bad news
however drove the stock up 2.8 percent.
Drug maker Johnson & Johnson fell 1 percent a day after a California jury
became the latest to award millions in damages to plaintiff who said the
company’s baby powder had given her terminal cancer.
Facebook dropped 1.9 percent following New York Times reporting that its
data deals with major technology companies were under criminal investigation.
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