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The S&P 500 Index climbed to new all-time highs above 5,000 on Friday with the bull ride continuing in lack of an obvious catalyst, gains were even more pronounced in the NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000, while Bitcoin also surged. However, it is noteworthy that the...
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U.S. Equity Markets continued the 2024 upside to see the S&P 500 futures breach above 5000 while the cash index failed to rise above the level, but it did test the psychological level. The majority of sectors were green but the heavyweight sectors, Tech, Consumer...
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U.S. Equity Markets were choppy and mixed on Tuesday with the macro focus on the further plunge in New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) shares, stoking banking/CRE fears and weighing on the regional banks more broadly. Treasury Secretary Yellen was in the Senate, where...
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U.S. Stocks were lower on Monday but recovered gradually, albeit significantly, from the lows earlier in the session that were seen as part of the broader hawkish reaction to the hot ISM Services. In stocks, Caterpillar (CAT) was firmer despite mixed results and...
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U.S. Equity Markets were sold throughout the session with underperformance in the NASDAQ after disappointing Microsoft and Google earnings while a dismal NYCB report saw the stock, KRE, and Russell 2000 Index tumble, igniting some fears on the regional banking sector,...
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U.S Equity Markets were choppy on Tuesday with the S&P 500 closing little changed. However both the Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 closed lower. Futures Markets are lower after the close following weaker than expected earnings from both Microsoft and Google. U.S....
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Both U.S. Equity Markets and Treasuries were firmer on Monday in a quiet US session, with the Russell 2000 and Nasdaq 100 outperforming the S&P 500 – gains accelerated in late trade after the Treasury financing estimates for the quarter ahead were reduced....
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U.S. Equity Markets were relatively flat on Friday aside from the NASDAQ 100 which saw notable underperformance due to tech weakness after weak earnings reports from INTC, KLAC and FICO. The Treasury curve bear flattened after the PCE report, which on the face of it...
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U.S. Equity Markets pushed higher on Wednesday with record highs being made once again in both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100. The NDX outperformed led by gains in big tech with Microsoft (MSFT) crossing the USD 3 trillion market cap and Meta (META) rising above...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed were mixed on Tuesday with the NASDAQ 100 outperforming and Russell 2000 lagging. The S&P 500 and NDX gradually gained throughout the US session while the Dow Jones and Russell 2000 sold off after the open before paring somewhat...
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It was a quiet start to the week ahead of a slew of key risk events, including Bank of Japan overnight (preview below), Bank of Canada, ECB, U.S. GDP, U.S. PCE and a batch of American earnings. Nonetheless, stocks opened firmer with the S&P 500 notching a fresh...
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U.S. Equity Markets surged on Friday helping the S&P 500 to hit a fresh record high with Technology names doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The yield curve flattened with front-end yields rising ahead of supply this week. The highlight of the session was the...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Wednesday amid the hawkish repricing of central bank rate paths amid a slew of hawkish economic data and central bank speak. However, a late rally into the close saw earlier losses erased by 30%. Hot U.K. CPI figures and more...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Tuesday with Tech the only sector in the black amid rising yields and recurring geopolitical risk. Fed’s Waller tapered expectations for a deep cutting cycle, giving his first set of public remarks since the end of November,...
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