Opinion – Thursday 25 September 2025

U.S. Indexes closed lower, and it was largely one-way traffic from the sell-off at the open, albeit on no particular headline driver. The Dollar saw notable gains as it attempted to retrace its WTD losses, so far, which weighed on all G10 FX peers. The Australian...

Opinion – Wednesday 24 September 2025

U.S. Indexes closed lower, putting the recent rally on standby for now. The sector breakdown saw Energy outperform amid a rebound in crude prices; meanwhile, Consumer Discretionary and Technology lagged. NVIDIA (NVDA, -2.8%) pared some of Monday’s upside on the...

Opinion – Tuesday 23 September 2025

U.S. Indexes closed higher on Monday, owing a large part of the gains to a strategic partnership announced between NVIDIA and OpenAI. The deal is to see NVDA invest up to USD 100 billion in OpenAI, deploying 10GW of AI centres, first to deploy in 2026. NVDA (+3.9%)...

Opinion – Monday 22 September 2025

U.S. Indexes closed higher on Friday led by the S&P 500 hitting fresh record highs while the majority of sectors were green. Upside was led in Tech with the heavy cap stocks outperforming, leading to the NASDAQ 100 outperforming, while the Russell 2000 pared from...

Opinion – Thursday 18 September 2025

Two-way action was seen following the FOMC, SEPs and Chair Powell’s press conference. A dovish reaction was seen after the Fed cut rates by 25bps, as expected, which was accompanied by dovish SEPs, as 50bps of further rate reduction is now seen in 2025, against...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 September 2025

U.S. Indices were rangebound on Tuesday, as traders await the pivotal FOMC meeting on Wednesday, with them widely expected to cut by 25bps, but there remains an outside risk of a larger cut, and attention will be accompanying commentary and updated SEPs. US data came...