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US equity markets advanced as investors eyed the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s latest two-day monetary policy meeting tomorrow morning AEST (21 March) - Dow rallied +320-points or +0.83%, booking its largest one-day point and percentage gains since 22 February. Home Depot Inc (up +2.02%) was the leading performed in the 30-stock index.

US equity markets advanced despite Treasury yields hitting three week highs ahead of a busy week of key global central bank meetings - Dow added +76-points or +0.20%, with Salesforce Inc (up +2.1%) and Walt Disney Co (+1.7%) rising over >1.5 to be the leading performers in the 30-stock index.

US equity markets retreated on Friday (15 March), with mega capitalisation technology names a key drag and with investors eyeing key central bank meetings this week - Dow fell-191-points or -0.49%, with Salesforce Inc (down -2.96%) and Amazon.com Inc (-2.42%) leading losses in the 30-stock index. Microsoft Corp fell -2.07% a day after closing at a record high. McDonald’s Corp fell -0.92% after rep...

US equity markets retreated as stronger-than-expected producer prices undermined an early rally, and with some major chipmakers recording fresh declines - Dow eased -138-points or -0.35%, with Amgen Inc (down -1.61%), Honeywell International (-1.69%), International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (-1.66%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-1.78%) all falling over >1.5%. 

US equity markets mostly weaker amid selling of chipmakers and ahead of wholesale inflation data tonight AEST - Dow added +38-points or +0.10%, paring an earlier rally of almost +200-points. Intel Corp dropped -4.44% after Bloomberg reported that the Pentagon had pulled out of a plan to spend as much as US$2.5B on a chip grant to the company. McDonald’s Corp -3.89% after the chief financial office...

US equity markets rallied despite mildly hotter-than-expected inflation figures - Dow rose +236-points or +0.61%. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp rose +3.16% following reports that it had notified employees in its marketing and communications division that it’s making cuts, becoming the latest large technology company to trim its payroll. Last year, IBM Chief Executive Arvind Krishna sa...

US equity markets opened the new trading week mixed amid subdued trading ahead of key inflation figures tonight AEST - Dow added +47-points or +0.10%. Boeing Co fell -3.02% after The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX jet that experienced a blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January.

US equity markets retreated but not before both the S&P500 and Nasdaq touched fresh intra-day record peaks - Dow eased -68-points or -0.18%. Apple Inc rose +1.02%, snapping a seven session losing streak (its longest losing streak since early 2022). Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing Co (down -2.24%) jetliner blowout that left a gaping hol...

US equity markets rallied, lifting both the S&P500 and Nasdaq back to record highs - Dow rose +130-points or +0.34%.

US equity markets advanced but trimmed gains in the closing hour of trading as investors digested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s first day of congressional testimony - Dow added +76-points or +0.20%.

Technology stocks led declines on US equity markets overnight, with investors also eyeing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony tonight AEST and labour market data later in the week - Dow fell -405-points or -1.04%. Apple fell -2.84% after a report by Counterpoint Research reported that the company sold 24% fewer iPhones in in China in the first six weeks of 2024 versus a y...

The US equity market rally stalled overnight, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreating from record highs - Dow eased -98-points or -0.25%. Apple Inc fell -2.54% after the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, hit the company with a €1.8B antitrust fine for abusing its dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps. Separately, the Federal Avi...

US equity markets opened March with a bang, with both the S&P500 and Nasdaq logging fresh record highs - Dow added +91-points or +0.23%. Boeing Co fell -1.83% after confirming it is in “preliminary” talks to acquire Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc (+15.31%), the troubled fuselage supplier it spun off nearly 20 years ago, as the plane maker faces pressure to improve its safety record. Boeing sa...

US equity markets closed out the month with modest gains as investors digested the latest inflation data, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq recording record closing highs - Dow edged +15-points or +0.04%.

US equity markets weaker ahead of key inflation figures tonight - Dow slipped -23-points or -0.06%. UnitedHealth Group Inc (down -2.95%) led losses on the 30-stock index, while Intel Corp (-1.73%) and Alphabet Inc (-1.91%).

US equity markets mostly firmer as investors digested the latest round of corporate earnings releases and eye gross domestic product (GDP) figures tonight AEST and inflation figures on Thursday night AEST (29 February) - Dow fell -97-points or -0.25%. UnitedHealth Group Inc (down -2.27%) after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigatio...

US equity markets settled with modest declines following the recent Nvidia Corp (up +0.35%) fuelled rally, with traders eyeing gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation data later in the week - Dow eased -62-points or -0.16% to 39,069.23 after logging its 14th record close of 2024 last Friday (23 February). Amazon.com Inc (down -0.15%) joined the 30-stock index overnight, replacing Walgreens Boot...

The Dow and S&P500 eked out fresh record highs on Friday (26 February) - Dow added +62-points or +0.16% to a fresh record losing high of 39,131.53. Amazon.com Inc (up +0.23%) will replace Walgreens Boots Alliance (up +0.74%) as one of the 30 members of the Dow before the start of trading tonight AEST.

A bumper fourth quarter earnings release from Nvidia Corp after the close of the previous session drove a strong rally on US equity markets and global markets more broadly - Dow rose +457-points or +1.18% to a fresh record closing high of 39,069.11, pushing above >39,000 for the first time. Salesforce Inc (up +3.56%), Visa Inc (+2.53%), International Business Machines Corp (+2.51%) and Microsof...

US equity markets settled mostly firmer, paring losses in the final hour of trading as investors digested minutes from the Federal Reserve’s late-January monetary policy meeting and awaited technology titan Nvidia Corp’s fourth quarter result - Dow edged +48-points or +0.13% higher.

US equity markets resumed trading following the Presidents’ Day holiday on the backfoot - Dow slipped -64-points or -0.17%. Caterpillar Inc fell -2.54% to be the worst performer in the 30-stock index.

The Financial Times (FT) and Bloomberg News reported Sunday (18 February) that European Commission antitrust regulators are preparing to impose an ~ €500M fine against Apple, after finding that it created an anticompetitive environment by failing to inform iPhone users that cheaper, alternative music-streaming apps were available outside its App Store. The investigation was sparked by a complaint...

US equity markets retreated on Friday (16 February) after another hotter-than-expected inflation reading undermined the case for interest rate cuts - Dow fell -145-points or -0.37%. Nike Inc fell -2.4% after the company announced 1,700 job cuts as part of a plan to cut costs.

US equity markets climbed, with investors looking past some mixed economic data - Dow rallied +349-points or +0.91%. Chevron Corp rallied +3.4% to be the leading component in the 30-stock index, with a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealing that Berkshire Hathaway lifted its stake in the oil giant to more than >US$18B.

US equity markets rebounded, recovering from sharp declines recorded in the previous session following a hotter-than-expected consumer price inflation figures - Dow rallied +151-points or +0.40%, with Salesforce Inc (up +2.85%) and Intel Corp (+2.39%) leading the upside.