Wall Street stocks are trading higher this Friday morning.

At 10:40 am (Brasilia time) this Friday (31), the main stock indices of Wall Street They operated in high-altitude fields. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) It showed a slight increase of 0.20%, to 52,312.80 points. S&P 500 and the Nasdaq They recorded increases of 0.36% and 0.75%, to 7,461.80 points and 25,310.36 points, respectively.

In the market of TreasuriesThe yield on the two-year bond rose from 4.258% to 4.310% per year. Meanwhile, the yield on the ten-year bond increased to 4.733% per year.

This morning, the indexes were boosted by the positive return of Amazon (AMZN), which reported higher-than-expected returns in the second quarter. At the opening, the company was up 11%. 

In international news, market attention remains focused on the volatility of oil prices in the international market. Investors are reacting to reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps prevented two oil tankers from crossing the Strait of Hormuz, while four others changed course.

Furthermore, a drone attack caused fires on two gas tankers in the port of Damietta, Egypt, posing a new threat to the Suez Canal, one of the region's main trade routes.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.