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US Indices saw losses as participants returned from the US market holiday, with sentiment continuing to be hit by the ever-growing EU-US tensions, and how President Trump wants Greenland. Today, Trump threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and Champagne...
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With U.S. Markets closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Holiday markets traded in narrow ranges. Monday’s gap opening saw equity markets close 1% lower across the board as traders wait to see how the American Markets react when the Cash Indexes open this...
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U.S. Indices ended the day very rangebound on Friday, ahead of the long US weekend due to Martin Luther King Day on Monday. Sectors were mixed, with Real Estate sitting top of the pile with Health lagging, amid a lack of tier 1 US data. While data and Fed speak was...
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U.S. Indices predominantly closed lower on Wednesday with heavy-cap tech stocks plummeting, leading indices lower, with the NASDAQ underperforming, while the Russell and Equal Weight S&P closed green. Sectors were mixed with outperformance in Energy, Consumer...
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U.S. Indices closed in the red on Tuesday with the initial rally seen after the soft-leaning CPI faded. Downside was led by the Dow, while Russell and Equal Weight S&P were flattish with both the S&P and NASDAQ closing lower by 0.2%. Sectors were more mixed...
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U.S. Indices closed higher on Monday, seeing gradual strength throughout the session, paring the weakness seen overnight. The Russell outperformed while sectors were mixed. Consumer Staples led the gains, largely due to Walmart (WMT) rising on news that it is to be...
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U.S. Indices closed higher on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ after the underperformance on Thursday with gains broad-based; Equal weight S&P +0.6%, and the majority of sectors closed green with materials and utilities outperforming, the former buoyed by...
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U.S. Indices closed lower on Wednesday following a trading session that saw two-way trade with upside in stocks seen throughout most of the US session before selling off in the afternoon into the closing bell to see indices close predominantly in the red, albeit...
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U.S. Indices advanced on Tuesday with broad-based gains as all indices closed higher, with the Russell and Equal Weight S&P outperforming. Sectors were also predominantly firmer with Health Care, Materials and Industrials leading the gains, while Energy and...
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U.S. Indices closed Monday higher, with outperformance in Energy as US oil companies saw strength in the wake of the US’s attack on Venezuela, which saw Maduro captured. WTI and Brent also saw gains, and despite being choppy through the European session, it was...
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U.S. Indices closed the first trading session of 2026 mixed, with NASDAQ underperforming- completely unwinding its outperformance at the opening bell. Sectors were predominantly firmer with Energy, Industrials and Materials leading the gains. Consumer Discretionary,...
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U.S. Indices closed higher on Monday. The trading day was quiet, but stocks trended higher throughout Europe and the US sessions before paring slightly into the close – the Russell led the gains. Materials, Financials and Energy outperformed sector wise with...
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U.S. Indices closed higher on Friday, with Tech leading the gains, and as such the NASDAQ outperformance, which saw tailwinds from Oracle (ORCL) after reports TikTok is to sell its US entity. The haven sectors were lagging with Consumer Staples, Discretionary and...
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U.S. Indices closed lower on Wednesday, with the NASDAQ underperforming as the tech sector was sold. The sector was hit by reports by the FT that Oracle’s (ORCL) USD 190 billion Michigan data centre deal is in limbo after funding talks with Blue Owl (OWL)...
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