Opinion – Thursday 29 January 2026

US Indices were eventually mixed on Wednesday, while sectors saw downside bias as Real Estate and Health lagged, as the latter extended on Tuesday’s pronounced losses. Energy and Tech sat atop of the pile, with the former buoyed by gains in the crude complex...

Opinion – Wednesday 28 January 2026

US Indices closed higher, driven largely by mega-cap names as markets look towards MSFT, TSLA, and META earnings on Wednesday after the FOMC. Unsurprisingly, Healthcare was the worst performer, weighed by broad weakness in insurers (UNH -19.6%, CVS -14.2%, HUM -21.1%)...

Opinion – Tuesday 27 January 2026

US Indices closed higher on Monday as sentiment remains bullish ahead of a busy and important week of earnings (MSFT, META, TSLA, AAPL, ASML). Futures dipped on Sunday before erasing losses throughout APAC and EU trade. Downside was sparked by President Trump’s...

Opinion – Monday 26 January 2026

US Indices were broadly lower to end the week, although the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 was the sole index in the green and supported by gains in NVIDIA (+1.5%) after China informed the biggest tech firms that they can prep orders for H200 chips. However, Intel’s...

Opinion – Thursday 22 January 2026

US Indices closed higher on Wednesday after President Trump ruled out military action over Greenland, easing market fears, though gains were capped after Denmark rejected Trump’s demand to negotiate a US takeover of the island. Later, Trump said that after meeting...

Opinion – Wednesday 21 January 2026

US Indices saw losses as participants returned from the US market holiday, with sentiment continuing to be hit by the ever-growing EU-US tensions, and how President Trump wants Greenland. Today, Trump threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and Champagne...

Opinion – Tuesday 20 January 2026

With U.S. Markets closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Holiday markets traded in narrow ranges. Monday’s gap opening saw equity markets close 1% lower across the board as traders wait to see how the American Markets react when the Cash Indexes open this...

Opinion – Monday 19 January 2026

U.S. Indices ended the day very rangebound on Friday, ahead of the long US weekend due to Martin Luther King Day on Monday. Sectors were mixed, with Real Estate sitting top of the pile with Health lagging, amid a lack of tier 1 US data. While data and Fed speak was...

Opinion – Thursday 15 January 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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...