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U.S. Indices closed in the red but well off the earlier lows, while T-notes were sold across the curve while the U.S. Dollar was strong. The focus continues to lie on Trump’s tariff letters, with the latest seeing a 35% tariff on Canada, while the EU letter is...
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U.S. Indices closed higher on Wednesday, tracking Europe higher throughout the morning. US indices peaked around the US open before paring into the European close, before pushing higher into the US close. Sectors were predominantly green with Utilities, Communication...
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U.S. Indices saw slight losses on Tuesday amid a lack of tier 1 US data or Fed speak, as President Trump’s tariff updates dominated the news – after sending out 14 trade letters on Monday, Tuesday he noted the tariffs will start to be paid on August 1st,...
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U.S. Indices finished Monday day in a sea of red (SPX -0.8%, NDX -0.8%, RUT -1.6%) amid the continued trade tensions with the US and its trading partners. As it stands, the trade uncertainty is to remain, with US President Trump to sign an EO to extend the July 9th...
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Both U.S. Indices and the Dollar saw gains on Thursday, while Treasuries and Gold sold off in the wake of the strong jobs report, which continues to push out the narrative of a need for a Fed rate cut, especially in July. Highlighting this, Refinitiv money market...
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U.S. Indices ultimately closed in the green, but pressure was seen in the European morning to bottom out after the woeful ADP report, which heavily missed expectations. Stocks started to stage a comeback around the opening bell, with upside in Apple (AAPL) supporting...
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U.S. Indices were mixed on Tuesday as the tech-heavy NDX led the losses, with Technology and Communication Services the only sectors in the red amid weakness in mega-cap names. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 and Dow Jones both saw gains in excess of a percent with a...
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U.S. Indices pared from record highs seen during US trade on Friday as US President Trump terminated trade discussions with Canada over their Digital Services Tax on US tech. This announcement saw stocks trim earlier gains but still finished the Friday session in the...
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U.S. Indices pared from record highs seen during US trade on Friday as US President Trump terminated trade discussions with Canada over their Digital Services Tax on US tech. This announcement saw stocks trim earlier gains but still finished the Friday session in the...
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U.S. Indices ultimately closed mixed on Wednesday as the NASDAQ 100 was the one major index to close with gains and was largely buoyed by gains in the mega-cap names, and highlighted by Tech and Communication, two of the only sectors, as well as Health, in the green....
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Equity Markets were in risk-on mode following the announced ceasefire from US President Trump between Israel and Iran. Despite reports of both Iran and Israel breaking the agreement and Trump showing discontent, risk-taking remained intact with US major indices up...
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U.S. Indices ended Monday’s trading session with gains in what was a very choppy session as Middle East tensions ruled the roost. At the reopening of trade, the crude complex gapped higher while US equity futures gapped lower after the US attacked Iranian nuclear...
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U.S. Indices saw choppy trade action on Friday amid quad-witching as participants returned from the Juneteenth market holiday on Thursday, whereby upside was seen in equity futures in response to the two weeks Trump has given himself to decide whether to attack Iran....
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U.S. Indices ended Wednesday’s session with marginal gains, albeit with outperformance in the RUSSELL 2000, while geopolitics, Fed, and President Trump dominated the tape. The FOMC left rates unchanged, as expected, and left the 2025 dot plot unchanged, which saw...
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