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U.S Equity Markets ultimately closed mixed on Monday with the RUSSELL 2000 tumbling while the majority of sectors took a hit. Individual stock weakness was offset by tech outperformance in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, to see a flat close for those two Indices. The...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ, although the Russell 2000 lagged and was the only Index finishing in the red. The majority of sectors were green, with outperformance in Communication Services, Technology, and Real Estate,...
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U.S. Equity Markets initially resumed the session on a strong footing but shortly after the US open the optimism faded with stocks tumbling throughout the rest of the session with stocks closing well in the red with underperformance in the RUSSELL 2000. Sectors...
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U.S. Equity rebounded from the recent bloodbath with slight outperformance in the NASDAQ 100 for the majority of the session although gains were broad based, with the S&P, RUSSELL 2000 and RSP (equal weighted S&P) not far behind. The sectoral outperformance...
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U.S. Equity Markets plunged on Monday with all the main Indices closing lower by 3% as the rout from Friday’s NFP-induced weakness amid fears regarding US growth and a possible recession. Whilst risk averse sentiment and flight-to-quality was somewhat present to start...
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U.S. Equity Markets saw notable strength on Wednesday (S&P +1.6%, RUSSELL 2000 +0.5%) led by significant outperformance in the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 (+3%) amid a myriad of positive semi-conductor news, such as AMD’s (AMD +4%) solid report and raising FY...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday with underperformance in the NASDAQ with Tech and Consumer Discretionary sectors weighing while the Russell 2000 and Dow Jones outperformed. The S&P closed red with the tech downside hitting the index, while the equal...
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U.S Equity Markets saw mild gains on Monday with outperformance in the NASDAQ as gains in Consumer Discretionary and Communication names, like AMZN, TSLA, META, GOOGL, supported the move higher. It appeared to be an unwind of the short NASDAQ/long RUSSELL 2000 trade...
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U.S. Equity Markets finished the week in the green (SPX +1.1%, NDX +1%, RUT +1.7%, DJIA +1.6%), while Treasuries were bid across the curve despite initial two-way action on US PCE, but eventually saw strength in wake of US PCE. The data itself saw core slightly above...
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U.S. Equity Markets were slammed on Wednesday with both the S&P and NASDAQ 100 closing lower by 2.3% and 3.7%, respectively. The weakness was primarily observed in the large caps with Tech, Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services tumbling c. 4% with...
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U.S Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday following a trading session that witnessed plenty of two-way price action. The NDX underperformed, seeing marginal losses after NXPI earnings disappointed, which weighed on semis. Both the S&P and Dow sold off, with a...
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U.S. Equity Markets pared some of last week’s losses with gains led by the Nasdaq and Russell 2000, although gains were broad-based with the vast majority of sectors in the green while the equal-weight S&P also surged. The equity upside was largely led by...
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The equity slide continued on Friday with a global IT outage sparked by a CrowdStrike (CRWD) update weighing on sentiment while President Biden’s re-election chances continue to dwindle. T-notes also continued to slide with the 10 Year yield matching...
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Apart from the Dow, U.S. Equity Markets tumbled on Wednesday with tech and semis leading the weakness on Bloomberg reports that the US warned allies of stricter trade rules in a China chip crackdown, while ASML (ASML NA) provided weak Q3 guidance. US Presidential...
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