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U.S. Indexes closed the final session of the week mixed, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (-0.4%) lagging, and the small-cap Russell 2000 (+0.7%) outperforming. The former was weighed on by weakness in NVDA, AMZN, META, TSLA, and PLTR, which saw large-cap sectors...
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U.S. Indexes added to recent gains despite early weakness following the government shutdown. Outperformance was in the NASDAQ 100 while sectors were more mixed. Health Care was the clear laggard as the sector continues to benefit from President Trump’s...
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U.S. Indexes broadly saw slight strength to settle around highs as they saw a bid through the US afternoon and into Month/Quarter-end, although the Russell 2000 did still close marginally in the red. There was little headline driver for the paring of losses seen,...
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U.S. Indexes saw mild gains to start the week as NVIDIA gains (PT raise at Jefferies) supported in light newsflow, with Fed speak coming via Williams, Musalem, and Hammack, and US data in Pending Home Sales, which was better than expected. On the Fed footing, little...
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U.S. Indexes closed the final session of the week in positive territory following strength in wake of the US PCE report for August, which saw all the major metrics print in line. Treasuries saw two-way action on PCE, while the Dollar sold off. In the FX space, the...
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U.S. Indexes closed lower, and it was largely one-way traffic from the sell-off at the open, albeit on no particular headline driver. The Dollar saw notable gains as it attempted to retrace its WTD losses, so far, which weighed on all G10 FX peers. The Australian...
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U.S. Indexes closed lower, putting the recent rally on standby for now. The sector breakdown saw Energy outperform amid a rebound in crude prices; meanwhile, Consumer Discretionary and Technology lagged. NVIDIA (NVDA, -2.8%) pared some of Monday’s upside on the...
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U.S. Indexes closed higher on Monday, owing a large part of the gains to a strategic partnership announced between NVIDIA and OpenAI. The deal is to see NVDA invest up to USD 100 billion in OpenAI, deploying 10GW of AI centres, first to deploy in 2026. NVDA (+3.9%)...
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U.S. Indexes closed higher on Friday led by the S&P 500 hitting fresh record highs while the majority of sectors were green. Upside was led in Tech with the heavy cap stocks outperforming, leading to the NASDAQ 100 outperforming, while the Russell 2000 pared from...
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Two-way action was seen following the FOMC, SEPs and Chair Powell’s press conference. A dovish reaction was seen after the Fed cut rates by 25bps, as expected, which was accompanied by dovish SEPs, as 50bps of further rate reduction is now seen in 2025, against...
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U.S. Indices were rangebound on Tuesday, as traders await the pivotal FOMC meeting on Wednesday, with them widely expected to cut by 25bps, but there remains an outside risk of a larger cut, and attention will be accompanying commentary and updated SEPs. US data came...
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