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U.S. Indices endured a choppy session but closed notably in the green, and at highs as they saw a notable bid into settlement amongst month-end, despite the initial sell-off seen post-US open. US January PCE was the scheduled data highlight, but turned out to be a...
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U.S. Equity Markets ended Wednesday mixed, enduring a choppy day, although futures attempted a rebound from overnight trade following the House passing a budget blueprint endorsing US President Trump’s USD 4.5 trillion tax cuts. However, stocks sold off through...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed off earlier lows seen at the cash open with DJI (+0.4%) turning positive while SPX (-0.5%), NDX (-1.2%) and RUSSELL (-0.4%) remained in the red. Behind the selloff, fears resumed around the consumer with the latest US Consumer Confidence...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed in the red on Monday, extending on Friday losses as the pullback from recent All-Time-Highs continues. There were few fresh drivers for the downside but the overhang of tariffs and uncertainty on geopolitics continues to weigh. US President...
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Equity Markets tumbled on OpEx Friday while T-notes rallied across the curve. Stocks started to sell off from the U.S. morning, with the ongoing deterioration of Ukraine relations with the US and Russia and lingering tariff deadlines weighed in the background, but the...
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U.S. Indices were little changed on Wednesday while T-Notes bull steepened with upside in both assets seen in late trade after the FOMC Minutes. The Minutes were largely as expected, signalling the Fed is in no rush to adjust policy and they should be cautious with...
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U.S. Indices closed with slight gains on Tuesday as they saw a slight bid into settlement but were still relatively rangebound in a day which was dominated by US and Russia high-level delegates holding a meeting in Riyadh regarding Ukraine. Following the gathering,...
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U.S. Markets were closed Monday for the Presidents’ Day Holiday. Futures closed higher while in Europe the German DAX closed at a new all-time high following a gain of 1.26%. Meanwhile, the French CAC, Spain’s IBEX and the Italian FTSE MIB closed at their highest...
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U.S. Indices closed mixed on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ 100 as Communication and Tech names outperformed, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 were little changed, and the Dow underperformed. The Dow was weighed on by retailers (WMT, PG) after a...
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U.S. Indices closed Wednesday mixed, but that only tells half the story, as a broad-based hawkish reaction was seen on the hot US CPI report, before paring. As such, after all major metrics in the release topped expectations, US equity futures and Treasuries saw...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday trade with overnight weakness on Trump steel and aluminum tariffs paring to see the S&P close flat, while both the NADSAQ and Russell 2000 closed down and Dow Jones higher. Sectors were also mixed with outperformance in...
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U.S. Indices climbed higher on Monday (SPX +0.7%, DJIA +0.4%, RUT +0.4%) despite tariff escalation talk over the weekend, namely that US President Trump is to announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium coming into the US. NDX (+1.2%) outperformed, and supported...
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U.S. Indices closed in the red on Friday, as they initially saw two-way action on the US jobs report (more below), before the move lower began in the wake of the University of Michigan metrics whereby all the three main measures printed below consensus and outside the...
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U.S. Indices were bid throughout the entirety of the US session despite weakness overnight, seeing stocks close with slight gains with outperformance in the RUSSELL 2000. Sectors were predominantly green with outperformance in Tech as NVDA and chip names were buoyed...
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