Oil Price Falls After Pipeline Repair; Markets stagnate ahead of US jobs data

The repair of a key pipeline and possible negotiations are causing oil prices to fall. Stock prices, on the other hand, are almost stagnating while Trump and tech bosses discuss AI risks.

Dusseldorf. After a turbulent start to the week, the markets found little support on Tuesday. Fluctuating oil prices had previously triggered selling in stocks and bonds.

The Dow Jones standard values ​​fell by 0.3 percent to 51,315 points.

The broadly diversified S&P 500 is trading unchanged at 7,683 points.

The Nasdaq technology exchange is almost stagnating at 26,871 points.

The Nasdaq 100, a reflection of the 100 non-financial companies with the highest market capitalization, rose by 0.5 percent to 30,415 points.

"We've had some pretty big moves over the last few days and will have the ultimate data trigger in the form of jobs numbers on Friday," said Geoff Yu, senior macro strategist at BNY. That's why he thinks it makes sense to balance positions.

AI security: Trump meets Amodei

In addition to market data, attention turns to a lunch between President Trump and tech industry leaders about AI security risks. Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for a slowdown in technology development. At the same time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gives a speech at his company's developer conference. OpenAI is holding back a version of its Astra model to implement stronger protections.

The density of appointments is high in the current stock market week: the report on job vacancies in August is due, as well as statements from six Fed speakers - the markets are currently pricing in up to four interest rate increases in the USA in the next twelve months.

The inflation dynamics are already evident internationally: Australia's central bank raised key interest rates on Tuesday to the highest level in around 15 years.