Opinion – Thursday 15 January 2026

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U.S. Indices predominantly closed lower on Wednesday with heavy-cap tech stocks plummeting, leading indices lower, with the NASDAQ underperforming, while the Russell and Equal Weight S&P closed green. Sectors were mixed with outperformance in Energy, Consumer...

Opinion – Wednesday 14 January 2026

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U.S. Indices closed in the red on Tuesday with the initial rally seen after the soft-leaning CPI faded. Downside was led by the Dow, while Russell and Equal Weight S&P were flattish with both the S&P and NASDAQ closing lower by 0.2%. Sectors were more mixed...

Opinion – Tuesday 13 January 2026

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Monday, seeing gradual strength throughout the session, paring the weakness seen overnight. The Russell outperformed while sectors were mixed. Consumer Staples led the gains, largely due to Walmart (WMT) rising on news that it is to be...

Opinion – Monday 12 January 2026

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ after the underperformance on Thursday with gains broad-based; Equal weight S&P +0.6%, and the majority of sectors closed green with materials and utilities outperforming, the former buoyed by...

Opinion – Thursday 8 January 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Wednesday following a trading session that saw two-way trade with upside in stocks seen throughout most of the US session before selling off in the afternoon into the closing bell to see indices close predominantly in the red, albeit...

Opinion – Wednesday 7 January 2026

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U.S. Indices advanced on Tuesday with broad-based gains as all indices closed higher, with the Russell and Equal Weight S&P outperforming. Sectors were also predominantly firmer with Health Care, Materials and Industrials leading the gains, while Energy and...

Opinion – Tuesday 6 January 2026

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U.S. Indices closed Monday higher, with outperformance in Energy as US oil companies saw strength in the wake of the US’s attack on Venezuela, which saw Maduro captured. WTI and Brent also saw gains, and despite being choppy through the European session, it was...

Opinion – Monday 5 January 2026

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U.S. Indices closed the first trading session of 2026 mixed, with NASDAQ underperforming- completely unwinding its outperformance at the opening bell. Sectors were predominantly firmer with Energy, Industrials and Materials leading the gains. Consumer Discretionary,...

Opinion – Tuesday 23 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Monday. The trading day was quiet, but stocks trended higher throughout Europe and the US sessions before paring slightly into the close – the Russell led the gains. Materials, Financials and Energy outperformed sector wise with...

Opinion – Monday 22 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Friday, with Tech leading the gains, and as such the NASDAQ outperformance, which saw tailwinds from Oracle (ORCL) after reports TikTok is to sell its US entity. The haven sectors were lagging with Consumer Staples, Discretionary and...

Opinion – Thursday 18 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Wednesday, with the NASDAQ underperforming as the tech sector was sold. The sector was hit by reports by the FT that Oracle’s (ORCL) USD 190 billion Michigan data centre deal is in limbo after funding talks with Blue Owl (OWL)...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Tuesday, in a choppy session, beginning in the US morning in futures after delayed US data. Recapping, the US November payrolls report headline came in at above expected, with the Unemployment Rate jumping to 4.6% from 4.4%, with some of...

Opinion – Tuesday 16 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Monday with the Russell and NASDAQ lagging while sectors were predominantly firmer with Health Care, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary outperforming, but Tech, Energy and Communication lagged with tech still pressured after the ORCL and...

Opinion – Monday 15 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Friday, paring some of the strength seen last week post-Fed. Pressure was largely observed since the opening bell, with the Nasdaq underperforming as Broadcom’s (AVGO, -11.4%) Q4 earnings showed its AI order backlog fell short of...