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U.S. Markets were closed Monday for the Presidents’ Day Holiday. Futures closed higher while in Europe the German DAX closed at a new all-time high following a gain of 1.26%. Meanwhile, the French CAC, Spain’s IBEX and the Italian FTSE MIB closed at their highest...
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U.S. Indices closed mixed on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ 100 as Communication and Tech names outperformed, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 were little changed, and the Dow underperformed. The Dow was weighed on by retailers (WMT, PG) after a...
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U.S. Indices closed Wednesday mixed, but that only tells half the story, as a broad-based hawkish reaction was seen on the hot US CPI report, before paring. As such, after all major metrics in the release topped expectations, US equity futures and Treasuries saw...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday trade with overnight weakness on Trump steel and aluminum tariffs paring to see the S&P close flat, while both the NADSAQ and Russell 2000 closed down and Dow Jones higher. Sectors were also mixed with outperformance in...
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U.S. Indices climbed higher on Monday (SPX +0.7%, DJIA +0.4%, RUT +0.4%) despite tariff escalation talk over the weekend, namely that US President Trump is to announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium coming into the US. NDX (+1.2%) outperformed, and supported...
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U.S. Indices closed in the red on Friday, as they initially saw two-way action on the US jobs report (more below), before the move lower began in the wake of the University of Michigan metrics whereby all the three main measures printed below consensus and outside the...
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