The global markets are again under pressure following the climbing of trade tensions between the United States and China, investors fleeing towards refuges values and technological values being mistreated.
Gold jumped more than 2 % on Wednesday, exceeding 3,300 dollars on the ounce and establishing a new record. The dollar was still weakened and the term contracts on the Nasdaq suggested a difficult day for Wall Street.
On Tuesday, the White House The US government announced customs duties up to 245 % on Chinese imports, in response to retaliatory measures and export prohibitions for key strategic materials, in particular rare land, gallium and germanium, used in the production of high -speed computer flea. This decision follows a decree opening an investigation into national security risks linked to the dependence of the United States with regard to foreign critical minerals.
The markets reacted quickly. The dollar index (Dxy) has returned below the 100 mark, testifying to a drop in investors’ confidence in the American currency. At the same time, the euro has strengthened at 1.13 dollars and the yen at 142 yen for a dollar.
Actions have experienced difficulties. The term contracts on the NASDAQ fell by more than 2 %, the technological values being particularly affected. NVIDIA (NVDA) actions fell 7 % before the stock market after the company revealed that new US export controls IA Puces Puces Puces for Chinecela would cost it $ 5.5 billion in income loss. This announcement has aroused concern about a broader drop in profits throughout the semiconductor sector, which is highly dependent on Chinese demand.
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped slightly at $ 83,000 after the news, reflecting its strongest correlation with American technological actions rather than acting as an active refuge like gold.
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