Wall Street trades 'cautiously' awaiting impact of Trump tariffs: Nasdaq falls 0.43%

Stock markets around the world are trading mostly in positive territory as traders digest the impact of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump , while waiting for new economic data.

The Nasdaq registered a 0.43 percent drop to 19,204.26 points, while the Dow Jones rose 0.44 percent to 43,653.49 points, followed by the S&P 500 with an increase of 0.02 percent to 5,984.60 points.

According to analysts at Grupo Financiero Banorte, markets are operating amid uncertainty about how the policies of the new administration in the United States will affect global growth , as well as economic and political alliances .

Meanwhile, movements in Europe are positive, the IBEX 35 in Spain rises 1.41 percent to 13,196.99 units, followed by the FTSE 100 in London with 0.56 percent, at 8,707.50 points, followed by the German DAX with an advance of 0.44 percent to 22,519.96 points, and the CAC 40 in France which adds 0.08 percent, hovering around 8,97.53 points.

However, both local stock markets are registering losses, with the S&P/BMV IPC of the Mexican Stock Exchange opening with a drop of 0.43 percent, at 53,472.17 points, while the FTSE-BIVA of the Institutional Stock Exchange with 0.39 percent more, is placed near 1,078.22 units.

Meanwhile, within the international oil market, both are showing declines: West Texas Intermediate falls 0.45 percent to $70.38 per barrel, while the Brent benchmark, down 0.57 percent, is trading at around $74.35 per barrel.