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US equity markets little changed after resuming trading following the President’s Day long weekend and after booked their worst weekly declines of 206 to date last week - Dow rose +32-points or +0.07% Apple Inc (up +3.17%) was the leading performer in the 30 stock index and paced gains in the ‘Magnificent Seven’ cohort of mega-capitalisation technology stocks a day after announced it will hold a p...

US equity and bond markets were CLOSED overnight for Presidents Day. Apple Inc announced it will hold a product launch event on 4 March , with the newest iPhone, a low-cost MacBook, and a faster iPad expected to be among the products featured.

US equity markets settled little changed, losing steam in the final hour of Friday’s (13 February)  - Dow eased -49-points or +0.10% Visa Inc (down -3.12%), while ‘Magnificent Seven’ mega-capitalisation technology stocks Apple Inc (-2.24%) and Nvidia Corp (-2.21%) fell over >2%. Nike Inc (+3.32%) and UnitedHealth Group Inc (+3.1%) climbed over >3%, Cisco Systems Inc (+2.47%) and Salesforce I...

US equity markets retreated as investors digested weaker-than-expected retails sales figures and turned their attention to the potential threat artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the financial sector  - Dow added +52-points or +0.10% to 50,188.14 , booking its third consecutive record closing and intra-day high after climbing above the >50,000 level last Friday (6 February). Home Depot Inc (...

US equity markets retreated as investors digested weaker-than-expected retails sales figures and turned their attention to the potential threat artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the financial sector - Dow added +52-points or +0.10% to 50,188.14, booking its third consecutive record closing and intra-day high after climbing above the >50,000 level last Friday (6 February). Home Depot Inc (up...

US equity markets advanced after posting a sharp rebound last Friday (6 February), with technology again leading the gains - Dow  inched +20-points or +0.04% higher to a fresh record closing high of 50,135.87 a day after the 30-stock index has climbed above the 50,000 level for the first time. Microsoft Corp (up +3.05%) was the leading Dow component, while Caterpillar Inc (+2.19%), Cisco Systems I...

US equity markets rebounded sharply as technology stocks rallied following a wave of selling in recent sessions - Dow jumped +1,207-points or +2.47% to a record closing high of 50,115.67 , the first time the 30-stock index has climbed above the 50,000 mark. Nvidia Corp +7.87%, with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang saying in a televised interview with CNBC that demand has been "going thro...

US equity indices declined  as a "risk-off" selloff spared few corners of the market and with losses acerating in the closing hour of trading - Dow -593-points or -1.20% Microsoft Corp (down -4.97% and now down over >27% from its 28 October peak ) and Salesforce Inc (-4.75%) both fell over >4.5%, while investment banks Goldman Sach Group Inc (-2.51%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-2.24%) fell...

US equity markets retreated as the sell-off in technology stocks intensified - Dow rose +260-points or +0.53% , with Amgen Inc jumping +8.15% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index after the biopharmaceutical company reported a better-than-expected fourth result after the close of the previous session. Nike Inc (up +5.4%) and 3M Co (+5.21%) both climbed over >5%. ‘Magnificent Seven’...

Technology stocks came under renewed selling pressure , dragging US equity markets lower  - Dow fell -167-points or -0.34% to 49,240.99 after touching a record intra-day high of 49,653.13 .   Nvidia Corp fell -2.87%, with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang saying in an interview with CNBC that the chipmaker’s plan to invest in OpenAI remains “on track” after recent reports suggested brewin...

US equity markets opened February on a firmer footing despite fresh falls on metals markets and as investors continued to ponder President Trump’s nomination for the next Chair of the Federal Reserve - Dow rose +515-points or +1.05% . Caterpillar Inc (+5.1%), Walmart Inc (+4.13%) and Apple Inc (4.06%) all rallied over >4%.   Nvidia Corp dropped -2.89% after The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) , citin...

US equity markets retreated on Friday (30 January) as technology stocks remained under pressure , while precious metals markets saw some vicious volatility - Dow fell -179-points or -0.36% as a host of components in the 30-stock index posted quarterly results.

US equity markets settled narrowly mixed as investors absorbed another busy corporate earnings calendar - Dow  edged +56-points or +0.11% higher, with International Business Machines Corp (IBM) rising +5.13% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index after posting stronger-than-expected fourth quarter EPS and revenue after the close of the previous session. Microsoft Corp tumbled -9.99% and...

US equity markets settled narrowly mixed as investors eyed quarterly results from mega-capitalisation technology companies after the closing bell and the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate decision of 2026 - Dow  inched +12-points or +0.02% higher Nvidia Corp rose +1.59% and was the leading performer in the 30-stock index after The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that China's government has...

US equity markets advanced as investors digested a busy corporate earnings calendar and eyed tomorrow morning’s AEST interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve - Dow lost -409-points or -0.83% despite ‘Magnificent Seven’ mega-capitalisation technology names Amazon.com Inc (+2.63%) and Meta Platforms Inc (+2.19%) along with Cisco Systems Inc (+2.17%) rising over >2%. The broader S&P500...

US equity markets advanced as investors eyed a busy week of fourth quarter results and the Federal Reserve’s first-interest rate decision of 2026 – Dow rose +314-points or +0.64% . Cisco Systems Inc (up +3.24%) was the leading component in the 30-stock index.  Nvidia Corp eased -0.64% after investing US$2B in CoreWeave Inc (up +5.73%) stock, reflecting its "confidence in CoreWeave's business, team...

US equity markets resumed trading after the holiday long weekend with steep losses, with the benchmark indies booking their worst single session performance since October as investors were spooked by fresh tariff threats from President Trump against Europe amid a dispute over control ‌of Greenland  - Dow fell -871-points or +0.55% International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (down -4.68%) and Nvidia...

US equity markets resumed trading after the holiday long weekend with steep losses, with the benchmark indies booking their worst single session performance since October as investors were spooked by fresh tariff threats from President Trump against Europe amid a dispute over control ‌of Greenland  - Dow fell -871-points or +0.55% International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (down -4.68%) and Nvidia...

US equity markets settled with modest losses on Friday (16 January) ahead of a holiday long weekend, with the benchmark indices hitting their session lows after President Trump delivered remarks in the White House in which the president said he’d rather have National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stay in his current role and that he might not be chosen to become the next Federal Reserve...

US equity markets climbed after two sessions of declines, underpinned by a rebound for bank stocks following a tough start to the week and renewed momentum in the artificial intelligence (AI) trade following a strong fourth quarter result from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) Ltd    - Dow rose +293-points or +0.60% Boeing Co (up +2.11%) and Nvidia Corp (+2.13%) both gained over >2%....

Financial stocks weighed on US equity markets following warnings about potential changes to lending policy , with the Dow and S&P 500 pulling back from record highs as the fourth quarter earnings season got underway and investors digested the latest inflation data - Dow fell -398-points or -0.80% Salesforce Inc shed -7.07% and was the worst performer in the 30-stock index following an update t...

US equity markets advanced on Friday (9 February ), with both the Dow and S&P500 booking fresh record closing highs - Dow rose +238-points or +0.48% to book a record closing high of 49,504.07 , with Home Depot Inc (up +4.19%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index, while Boeing Co (+3.14%) and Sherwin-Williams Co (+3.59%) gained over >3%. The broader S&P500 gained +0.65% to a fresh...

US equity markets advanced for a third consecutive session to open the holiday-shortened week - Dow rose +228-points or +0.47% , with Merck & Co (up +3.59%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index . Honeywell International fell -1.58% after the aerospace and industrial-automation company lowered its full-year earnings outlook and updated investors on its expectations surrounding the Flexje...

US equity markets were stronger overnight – Dow rose 0.14% driven by tech names Amazon up 2.4%, Nvidia up 1.8%, Microsoft up 1.65%, and Cisco 1.52%. The broader S&P500 advanced 0.79% on the back of a lower-than-expected CPI report. Memory and storage names Sandisk Corporation , Western Digital and Seagate Technology were three of the top performers, up 6.1%, 5.26% and 5.17% respectively. The r...

US equity markets rallied late in the session as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve  - Dow rallied +497-points or +1.05% , with 26 of the 30 index components advancing. JPMorgan Chase & Co rebounded +3.19% after dropping -4.66% in the previous session after Marianne Lake , the investment bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Consumer & C...