Wall Street opened lower on Thursday with slight declines, including its main indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Investors are closely watching the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US amid growing uncertainty.
The Dow Jones fell 0.30% to 47,761.12 points, followed by the S&P 500, down 0.16% at 6,771.97 points. The Nasdaq dropped 0.14% to 22,603.72 points. According to analysts at Banamex, this is due to increased investor nervousness, who remain cautious after an Israeli attack on Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement for geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Tehran denounced Israel's attacks on Lebanon as a violation of the pact, while the US insists that the country is not part of the truce.
In other markets, the price of gold, a safe-haven asset, rose 0.05% to $4,779 per ounce. Meanwhile, silver fell 0.71% to $74.85.
Meanwhile, local stock markets opened in the green. The main index of the Mexican Stock Exchange, S&P/BMV IPC, advanced 0.47% to 70,549.65 points, while the FTSE-BIVA of the Institutional Stock Exchange rose 0.31% to 1,405.72 points.
In Europe, losses were 1.59% for Germany's DAX, which is around 23,697.42 points. France's CAC 40 fell 0.89% to 8,190.60 points, followed by Spain's IBEX 35, down 0.66% at 18,012.40 units. London's FTSE 100 is down 0.46% at 10,559.12 points.
Meanwhile, in the international oil market, benchmark crude prices rose 8.28% for West Texas Intermediate at $102.26 per barrel, while the Brent reference rose 4.84% to around $99.34 per barrel.
