American stock indexes are declining after S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs.
The market was supported on Tuesday by hopes for the adoption of new fiscal stimulus in the US after a group of bipartisan congressmen proposed a new package of $ 900 billion, MarketWatch writes. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the new proposal, favoring a smaller package..
Meanwhile, the UK on Wednesday became the first country to approve the use of a COVID-19 vaccine from the US company Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Inc. jointly with German BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), the country's health ministry said.
Meanwhile, US President-elect Joe Biden said in an interview with The New York Times that he would not immediately abolish customs duties on Chinese goods imposed by the Donald Trump administration. On Wednesday, the next speech of the head of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) Jerome Puell and the country's Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin is expected in Congress.
The number of jobs in the private sector of the US economy last month increased by only 307 thousand, according to data from Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Economists forecast growth of 410 thousand, according to data from Trading Economics. According to revised data, in October, the number of jobs increased by 404 thousand.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average by 17:55 Moscow time fell by 96.2 points (0.32%) and amounted to 29727.72 points.
Standard & Poor's 500 fell by 8.01 points (0.22%) - to 3654.44 points.
Nasdaq Composite lost 103.44 points (0.84%) and amounted to 12251.67 points.
According to the forecast of analysts at Barclays (LON: BARC), the Standard & Poor's 500 could go up to 4000 points by the end of 2021. At the same time, they expect that the yield on ten-year US government bonds will be at 1.25% per annum by this time. At the close of trading on Tuesday, the S value&P 500 was 3662.45 points, the yield on ten-year US Treasuries was 0.929% per annum.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Inc. Quotes fell 10.2%. American cloud-based enterprise customer engagement solutions provider buys messaging developer Slack Technologies Inc. for $ 27.7 billion.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. down 1.2% after the cruise operator extended the suspension of all cruises until the end of February.
Pfizer shares up 3.3% on Wednesday on news of UK approval of its coronavirus vaccine.
Merck Papers & Co (NYSE: MRK). add 0.8% to the price. The American pharmaceutical manufacturer announced that it has sold its stake in Moderna Inc. (SPB: NASDAQ: MRNA), whose shares jump in value thanks to the development of a vaccine against coronavirus.
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