Wall Street ended with no clear direction, but investors will remember the Nasdaq Composite's record-breaking double at 19,488 (new high) and close to 19,481 (+0.4%).481 at the close (+0.4%).

The Nasdaq-100 followed suit with +0.31% to 21,229 at the close and 21,235 at the high: the index was driven to a +26% annual gain by Meta +3.5%, Dexcom +2%, Nvidia and Apple +1.3%. However, the rise was largely held back by Microchip's -7%, Intel's -6.1% and ON-Semiconductor's -5.6%.

The Nasdaq Composite will soon welcome Palantir (+7% at $71), which is now up +314% for the year, with a capi of $155 billion... and a PER of 170 (making it the "most expensive" stock on the broad "tech" index).

It was a quiet day on the bond front, due to a lack of market movers: the 10-year T-Bond rallied by +4bp to 4.235%, while the 2-year eased by 1bp to 4.188%... the inversion of the curve that was taking shape the day before has been postponed, but the crossover trend has not been invalidated.

The only figure of the day concerned job openings ('JOLTS' report), which rose slightly in October in the USA, according to the survey published by the Department of Labor: they reached 7.74 million, compared with 7.37 million in September.

According to Washington, the most dynamic sectors were professional and business services (+209.000), accommodation and food services (+162,000) and information (+87,000), while the federal government published 26,000 fewer offers.

Year-on-year, the number of job openings is nevertheless down by 941,000, since it reached 8.68 million in October 2023.

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