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U.S. Indices closed lower (SPX -0.6%, NDX -0.5%, DJI, -0.6%, RUT -1.1%) but still remained well in the green for the week thus far, with focus on NVIDIA (NVDA) AMC. Note, NVIDIA beat on profit and revenue, despite incurring a USD 4.5 billion charge in Q1; Q2 revenue...
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U.S Indices rallied on Tuesday on the return from the long weekend with markets reacting to US President Trump delaying his 50% tariff threat to the EU to 9th July from 1st June, allowing more time for negotiations. The market also caught a bid on the sharp rebound in...
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U.S Indices closed lower on Friday but well off earlier lows, which were induced after US President Trump touted a 50% straight tariff on the EU. On top of this, and weighing on stocks, was US President Trump suggesting at least 25% tariffs on Apple if it does not...
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It was a “sell US” day on Wednesday with equities posting notable losses while Treasuries were sold across the curve, particularly in the long end to see the curve steepen. Amid a lack of data this week (aside from Flash PMIs on Thursday) the US focus has...
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U.S. Indices were choppy but ultimately closed in the red on Tuesday, with the majority of sectors lower while defensives outperformed. With a lack of US data yesterday, the focus was on US President Trump’s tax bill talks. The President attempted to get...
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U.S. Indices saw two-way price action on Monday and ultimately closed little changed, albeit the Russell 2000 underperformed. The session started rather sombre with downside in US stocks, bonds and the Dollar in the wake of Moody’s downgrading the US credit...
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U.S. Indices ended Friday’s session with slight gains, albeit in thin newsflow on Friday, as the main event of the week came before US players even got to their desks on Monday. That is, the US and China agreed to cut tariffs on each other by 115ppts. Back to Friday,...
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U.S. Indices closed mixed on Wednesday (SPX +0.1%, NDX +0.6%, DJI -0.2%). Gains were seen in the Mag-7 led sectors, namely, Communications (GOOGL +3.7%), Tech (NVDA +4.2%), and Consumer Discretionary (TSLA +4.0%). Additionally, AMD’s announced USD 6bln stock...
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U.S. Indices extended on gains seen on Monday, as largely cooler-than-expected US CPI provided an additional fillip to US equity futures, albeit only being short-lived. Thereafter, as sentiment continued to improve through the US afternoon, broad-based risk-on trade...
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U.S. Indices surged on Monday as risk-on trade was seen to start the week amid the positive trade developments between the US and China, whereby both countries agreed to cut tariffs by 115ppts, in what was a much larger drop than expected. The combined 145% US tariffs...
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U.S. Indices were little changed (SPX -0.1%, NDX unchanged, DJIA -0.3%, RUT -0.1%) with markets now awaiting the outcome of US-China trade talks over the weekend. On the day, both stocks and Treasuries chopped to US President Trump floating the idea of a reduction in...
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U.S. Indices ended Wednesday day in the green after a session that saw plenty of two-way price action in wake of the Fed decision and Powell press conference. The decision was largely as expected, with rates left unchanged, although in the accompanying statement added...
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