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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday. The S&P 500 again closed at a new all-time high while the small-cap Russell 2000 (-0.5%) was the underperformer. Sectors were mixed with Materials and Energy the laggards, as the former was weighed on by slight losses...
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It was ultimately a rather uneventful session on Monday with the US highlight being mixed inflation expectations from the New York Fed SCE (see below). Meanwhile, over the weekend, a surprise French election result initially weighed on the Euro and EGBs, and in...
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On Friday, the main focus was the US Non-Farm Payrolls Report. The headline came in above expectations at 206k (exp. 190k), although the prior saw a chunky revision lower to 218k from 272k, while the two-month net revisions were -111k from -15k. Meanwhile, the...
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On the shortened holiday trading day, the S&P and Nasdaq 100 managed to close at record highs while Bond Yields and the U.S. Dollar tumbled. The primary drivers of price action were a slew of soft economic data. The highlight was the woeful ISM Services PMI which...
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U.S. Equity Markets reversed earlier losses to close higher led by the NASDAQ which ended Tuesday with a 1% gain and a new closing all-time high, as all sectors, aside from Energy and Health, saw gains with Consumer Discretionary sitting atop of the pile, buoyed by...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher yesterday, although the upside was predominantly led by large caps with Tech and Consumer Discretionary stocks outperforming while the majority of sectors were red with the most downside observed in Materials, Industrials, and Real...
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