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U.S. Equity Markets ended Friday firmer, with outperformance in the small-cap Russell 2000 (+1.1%) which closed out the week with strong gains, although the SPX and NDX saw weakness into the close to settle off best levels. In the wake of the US PPI report, which was...
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U.S. Equity Markets pushed to fresh record highs again on Wednesday with outperformance in Tech leading the gains. Semiconductors were buoyed by strong TSMC (TSM) sales numbers while Apple (AAPL) caught a bid on reports it is to boost its iPhone 16 shipments. Fed...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday. The S&P 500 again closed at a new all-time high while the small-cap Russell 2000 (-0.5%) was the underperformer. Sectors were mixed with Materials and Energy the laggards, as the former was weighed on by slight losses...
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It was ultimately a rather uneventful session on Monday with the US highlight being mixed inflation expectations from the New York Fed SCE (see below). Meanwhile, over the weekend, a surprise French election result initially weighed on the Euro and EGBs, and in...
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On Friday, the main focus was the US Non-Farm Payrolls Report. The headline came in above expectations at 206k (exp. 190k), although the prior saw a chunky revision lower to 218k from 272k, while the two-month net revisions were -111k from -15k. Meanwhile, the...
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On the shortened holiday trading day, the S&P and Nasdaq 100 managed to close at record highs while Bond Yields and the U.S. Dollar tumbled. The primary drivers of price action were a slew of soft economic data. The highlight was the woeful ISM Services PMI which...
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U.S. Equity Markets reversed earlier losses to close higher led by the NASDAQ which ended Tuesday with a 1% gain and a new closing all-time high, as all sectors, aside from Energy and Health, saw gains with Consumer Discretionary sitting atop of the pile, buoyed by...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher yesterday, although the upside was predominantly led by large caps with Tech and Consumer Discretionary stocks outperforming while the majority of sectors were red with the most downside observed in Materials, Industrials, and Real...
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U.S. Equity Markets saw plenty of two-way price action on Friday, which coincides with month and quarter-end but ultimately closed in the red. Brief upside was seen in wake of the US PCE data, which ultimately was in line with expectations across the board, but Core...
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U.S. Equity Markets ultimately finished the Wednesday session with slight gains as European weakness was offset once US trade got underway, while a last-minute market rally extended the equity gains. However, the breadth was weak with the majority of sectors in the...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday (SPX +0.4%, DJIA -0.8%) as the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (+1.3%) recouped some of its recent losses, as it was led higher by Nvidia (NVDA) (+6.8%) snapping its three-day losing streak. Small-cap Russell 2000 (-0.5%) saw losses...
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In a day of quiet news flow, U.S. Equity Markets were mixed with clear divergence seen (SPX -0.2%, DJIA +0.8%) as the small-cap Russell 2000 (+0.6%) outperformed and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (1.15%) notably lagged amid headwinds from AI-darling Nvidia (NVDA) (-6.5%)...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Friday following a volatile trading session on Friday which was no surprise given it was Quadruple Witching Expiration for the June Futures and Options Contracts. Late Friday saw some notable chop into the closing bell, particularly...
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The cash U.S. Equity Markets were closed for the woke, virtue-signalling Juneteenth holiday, but that did not stop algos from gorging on the latest tech bubble, and sure enough, Nasdaq 100 futures extended their gains to an 8th consecutive day, following a strong run...
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