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US equity markets settled with modest gains , building on last week’s advance that saw the benchmark indices log weekly gains of over >1% as investors awaited news from trade talks taking place between the U.S. and China - Dow  flat at 42,761.76 . Apple Inc -1.21% as its annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off overnight, with the company announcing its first new iPhone operating syste...

US equity markets mixed as investors awaited concrete developments on the trade front and digested softer-than-expected employment data - Dow eased -92-points or -0.22% , snapping a four-session streak. Chevron Corp (down -1.56%) and Verizon Communications Inc (-1.35%) dropped over >1%. President Trump was active on social media platform Truth Social overnight, observing "I like President XI of...

US equity markets settled little changed following a volatile session to close out a volatile month as U .S. President Trump slammed China before sounding upbeat about reaching a trade deal - Dow added +54-points or +0.13% Nvidia Corp -2.92%

US equity markets advanced and remain on track to log weekly and monthly gains, buoyed by a solid first quarter result from chip giant Nvidia Corp (up +3.25%) that saw its data centre business record . However, gains were capped as investors monitored judicial developments surrounding President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs - Dow rose +11-points or +0.28% Boeing Co +3.32% and hit a 52-week high aft...

US equity markets retreated and settled near their session lows ahead of the highly anticipated first quarter result from ‘Magnificent Seven’ and Dow component Nvidia Corp after the closing bell - Dow fell -245-points or -0.58%

US equity and bond markets were CLOSED overnight in observance of Memorial Day . However, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were over >1% higher after President Trump delayed the 50% tariffs which were set to be imposed on the European Union (EU) on 1 June.

US equity markets fell on Friday (23 May) after President Trump reignited tariff concerns with a series of social media posts - Dow lost -256-points or -0.61% , with Salesforce Inc (down -3.63%) the worst performer in the 30-stock index. Apple Inc (down -3.02%) fell for an eighth straight session after President Trump posted on his Truth Social website that the technology giant will have to pay a...

US equity markets steadied after steep losses in the previous session, - Dow  flat , unwinding an earlier rally of as much a +-points.   Nike Inc gained +2.23% and was the leading Dow component overnight after confirming that it will resume selling apparel and footwear on Amazon.com Inc’s (+0.98%) platform for the first time since 2019 . Separately, Nike said it intends to increase the prices of c...

US equity markets fell sharply , pushing the Dow and S&P 500 back into negative territory for the calendar year-to-date as longer dated Treasury yields jumped and as investors kept close tabs on a sweeping tax and spending bill that's moving through Congress and could dramatically increase the federal deficit   - Dow dropped -817-points or -1.91% UnitedHealth Group Inc (down -5.78%) was the wo...

US equity markets recent rally paused as Treasury yields ticked higher  - Dow eased -114-points or -0.27% .   Nvidia Corp fell -0.88% Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang said Monday (19 May) the company would be opening its artificial-intelligence server platform to rival chip makers but he also warned the U.S. government’s move to limit chip exports to China could hit revenue by $15B. Unit...

US equity markets advanced as investors digested a cooler-than-expected inflation report that revived hopes of interest rate cuts later this year - Dow fell -270-points or -0.64% . UnitedHealth Group Inc slumped -17.79%, alone wiping ~410-points off the 30-stock index after the insurance giant withdrew its full-year outlook and announced the surprise exit of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andrew Wi...

A relatively muted end to the week for US equity markets following two-days of gains as investors braced for news from highly anticipated trade talks that are scheduled for this weekend in Switzerland between U.S. and Chinese officials - Dow eased -119-points or -0.29% U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said “substantial progress” had been made in the weekend trade negotiations between US and C...

US equity markets advanced but settled well off their session highs, with investor sentiment buoyed a new trade agreement forged between the United States and Britain , while President Trump indicated upcoming talks with China would be “very substantive” and, if productive, could lead to tariff reductions - Dow rose +254-points or +0.62% to 41,368.48 , just failing to exit official correction terr...

US equity markets advanced after a choppy session as investors digested the latest corporate earnings releases and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision and soundbites from President Trump on tariffs and trade restrictions - Dow rose +285-points or +0.70% .

  US equity markets advanced to cap as investors reacted to strong monthly employment data and news that China is evaluating the possibility of trade talks with the U.S. - Dow rose +564-points or +1.39% to 41,317.43 . American Express Co (up +3.09%), 3M Co (+3.03%) and Nike Inc (+3.22%) all climbed over >3%. Nvidia Corp rose +2.59% a report in The Information that the artificial intelligence (A...

US equity markets made a positive start to May , with the Dow and S&P 500 extending their rally into an eighth consecutive session amid fresh gains for megacap technology stocks - Dow added +84-points or +0.21% Microsoft Corp +7.63% was the leading performer in the 30-stock index the technology giant reported better-than-expected third-quarter financials after the close of the previous session...

A late rally lifted the Dow and S&P 500 into positive territory for a seventh consecutive session to cap a very volatile month, erasing earlier declines that followed data recording that the US economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter - Dow rose +142-points or +0.35% , recovering from an earlier slide of more than >780-points.   Verizon Communications Inc (u...

The Dow and S&P 500 extended their rally into a sixth consecutive session after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration has negotiated its first trade deal with an unnamed country  - Dow rose +300-points or +0.75% , logging its longest winning streak since the period ended 17 July, 2024 .

The Dow and S&P 500 posted a fifth consecutive session of gains , booking their longest winning streak of 2025 to date and settling well off their session lows in a muted trading to open a very busy week of corporate earnings and economic data - Dow rose +114-points or +0.28% . Boeing Co rose +2.44% to US$182.30, buoyed by an upgrade from analysts at Bernstein to ‘outperform with a target pric...

US equity markets extended their strong rebound into a fourth consecutive session on Friday (25 April), lifting the S&P and Nasdaq to their highest settlements since 2 April (the day the Trump administration unveiled sweeping tariffs on America's trading partners) – Dow  edged +20-points or +0.05% higher after climbing +487-points or +1.23% last Thursday (24 April).    Nvidia Corp (up +4.30%)...

US equity markets advanced , consolidating the strong gains recorded in the previous session and lifting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to their highest settlements since 15 April as investors continued to cheer a cooling President’s rhetoric around tariffs and his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell- Dow rose +420-points or +1.07% to 39,606.57 , paring an earlier rally of as much as 1,18...

US equity markets rebounded strongly , more than recouping the previous session’s sharp declines as investors digested a busy corporate earnings calendar and comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent  - Dow rose +1,017-points or +2.66% , with all 30 index components advancing.  Nvidia Corp +2.04% after Amazon.com Inc (+3.50%) pushed back against reports that it was pulling back on building ar...

US equity markets resumed trading following the Good Friday holiday with steep losses , with the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’ cohort of large capitalisation technology stocks under particular pressure - Dow shed -972-points or -2.48% , extending its decline into a fourth consecutive session. UnitedHealth Group Inc (down -6.34%) was the worst performing Dow component overnight, extending the healt...

US equity markets tumbled as investors digested news of U.S. restrictions on chip exports to China and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's latest assessment of the economy - Dow dropped -700 or -1.73% Nvidia Corp -6.87%  after disclosing in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the close of the previous session that sales of its H20 chips to China would require license...

US equity markets retreated in muted trading  - Dow fell -156-points or -0.38% Boeing Co fell -2.36% and was the worst performer in the 30-stock index after a Bloomberg report said China ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of the company’s jets , marking the latest escalation in the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Nvidia Corp fell over >5.5% in extended trading (af...