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U.S. Indexes closed primarily in the green, with upside ensuing after the SCOTUS struck down President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs. Trump responded by implementing a global 10% tariff rate under Section 122 (which can legally be in place for a maximum of 150 days)....
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U.S. saw two-way trade on Wednesday with morning weakness offset after a strong cash open before selling off best levels into the closing bell. Sectors were mixed, Energy, Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Tech outperformed, while Utilities, Real Estate and...
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U.S. were choppy on Tuesday, as US traders and investors returned from the US holiday, but ultimately settled with mild gains. After the US cash equity open, Indices saw a notable sell-off with the Mag-7 leading the decline, ex-Apple, although swiftly pared through...
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U.S. Markets were closed for the President Day Holiday leading to a quiet session on both sides of the Atlantic. The EU and a 12-Nation Indo-Pacific Bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, with Canadian PM Carney...
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U.S. Indices were mixed on Friday, with the Russell 2000 outperforming, which rallied 1.2%. The equal-weight ETF also saw strong gains while the majority of sectors were green too, showing strong breadth with the heavy-weight sectors (Comms, Tech and Consumer Disc)...
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U.S. Indices largely saw two-way trade on Wednesday. The focus point was on the NFP report, which overall was very strong in January, with the headline smashing expectations, unemployment rate ticking down, and wages ticking up. The initial reaction was upside in...
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U.S. Indices were broadly lower on Tuesday, albeit in contained ranges, as participants await the US jobs report on Wednesday, followed by CPI on Friday. Data on Tuesday was largely subdued, as Retail Sales disappointed, and the weekly ADP only saw 6.5k jobs added per...
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U.S. Indices continued to gain on Monday, with tech once again leading the upside, with semis largely outperforming. Nvidia (NVDA) shares rallied, seemingly continuing to benefit from the hiked CapEx plans announced alongside earnings from AMZN, META and GOOGL. The...
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U.S. Indices surged on Friday, recouping some of the recent losses. Upside came despite the weakness in Amazon (AMZN) shares after the company ramped up its FY26 CapEx view. Gains were led by Tech and Industrials, with semiconductors surging, which are largely seen as...
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U.S. Indices were lower on Wednesday, primarily due to losses in AI-related names, namely semiconductors, software, memory and robotics. That said, breadth was very strong highlighted by the Equal-Weight RSP, +0.9%. Energy, Materials, and Staples, the best three...
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US Indices were hit hard on Tuesday, albeit settling off troughs, as weakness in mega-cap names (NVDA, AVGO, META, MSFT, AMZN) weighed on the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100, which unsurprisingly saw Tech as the clear sectoral laggard. Communications and Discretionary were the...
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US Indices were choppy as participants digested as the repercussions from President Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair last Friday would mean. That assessment is likely to continue for some time until Warsh issues a more up-to-date view on current...
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US Indices were eventually mixed on Wednesday, while sectors saw downside bias as Real Estate and Health lagged, as the latter extended on Tuesday’s pronounced losses. Energy and Tech sat atop of the pile, with the former buoyed by gains in the crude complex...
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US Indices closed higher, driven largely by mega-cap names as markets look towards MSFT, TSLA, and META earnings on Wednesday after the FOMC. Unsurprisingly, Healthcare was the worst performer, weighed by broad weakness in insurers (UNH -19.6%, CVS -14.2%, HUM -21.1%)...
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