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US equity markets mixed after another volatile as the sweeping Trump administration tariff measures continued to reverberate, with the president threatening even higher rates against China and the White House denying reports that they were considering a 90-day tariff pause on all countries except China - Dow fell -349-points or -0.91%, spiking as much as +2.3% during a brief morning session surge....

Friday (4 April) marked another brutal session for US equity markets as China responded in kind to the Trump administration’s tariff measures and further fanned recession fears - Dow dropped -2,231-points or -5.50% , with Boeing Co (down -9.49%) and 3M Co (-9.18%) both fell over >9% to lead all 30-index components lower with the exception of Nike Inc (up +3%). The latter was buoyed by a friendly s...

US markets tumbled overnight as fears around a potential recession pick up. The US markets appearing to be the biggest losers after the tariff announcement.

The US stock market turned up late overnight, as investors await Trumps so called “Liberation Day” tariffs. However, since the announcement the markets have dropped in aftermarket trading, with the Dow futures down -1.8%, S&P500 futures down > -3%, and the Nasdaq futures down > -4%. So far Trump has promised a minimum 10% tariff on all countries, with larger tariffs on certain countries and indust...

The US stock was mixed overnight. The Dow closed mostly flat, down -0.03% to 41,989 points. Nike was the top performer, up 2.02%. While pharma companies were all sold off, with the three worst performing stocks including Johnson & Johnson down -7.59%, Merck down -2.94%, and Amgen down -1.49%. Johnson & Johnson has just had a federal judge reject a $10b class action settlement over cancer claims re...

The US stock market was mixed overnight. The Dow closed up 1% to 42,001 points.

The US stock market fell for the third day in a row on Friday – the 2nd worst day for US equities in 2025 due to tariffs expected this week and hotter than anticipated inflation numbers.

The US stock market fell for the second day in a row on Thursday after trading sideways for most of the session. Traders remained cautious ahead of Friday’s release of the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. Dow fell -155-points to trade below 42,300 points. Shares of Goldman Sachs (-2.61%), 3M co (-2.78%) and NIVIDIA (-2.05%) each contributing to the decline, falling over >2.00%.

All three major U.S. stock indices snapped a three-day winning streak as an imminent tariff announcement from President Trump derailed the recovery from a month-long selloff - Dow fell -132.71-points or 0.31% lower. Nvidia Corp fell -5.74% amid concerns about possible new restrictions on the chipmaker's sales in China. Regulators in China have been discouraging the country’s large technology compa...

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• US equity markets settled with modest gains, boosted by a late rally among large capitalisation technology names and shrugging off some weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data Dow inched +4-points higher. ‘Magnificent Seven’ members Amazon.com Inc (up +1.21%) and Apple Inc (+1.37%), investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (+1.01%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (+1.24%) and Walt Disney Co (+1.43...

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US equity markets kicked off the week with sharp gains, buoyed by news reports the Trump administration's plans for reciprocal tariffs will be more targeted than initially feared. Investors are also preparing for a busy week of data, including the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge on Friday. The VIX fell to its lowest in more than a month.

US equity markets settled with modest gains on Friday (21 March) following a late-session rally, erasing earlier losses after comments from U.S. President Trump provided hope that previously announced tariffs expected to begin in early April may not be as burdensome as feared - Dow edged +32-points or +0.08% higher, with Boeing Co rising +3.06% after the Trump administration awarded the plane make...

US equity market ticked lower on Thursday as uncertainty around the U.S. economy continued to weigh on equities, thwarting the market’s attempts at recovery from a monthlong rout. The Dow Jones closed around the flatline -11.31 points, or 0.03%, closing at 41,953.32. The S&P 500 lost -12.40 points or 0.22%, to close at 5,662.89. The Nasdaq Composite dipped -59.16 points or 0.33% to 17,691.63. The...

US equity markets rallied on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 clawing back more of the rout since late February that took the benchmark briefly into correction territory.

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US equity markets rose on Monday, building on their comeback from a four-week rout on Wall Street after mixed economic data and ahead of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the Ukraine war.

US equity markets rebounded strongly on Friday (14 March), with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq logging their best single session advance of 2025 to date - Dow rose +675-points or +1.66% Nvidia Corp (up +5.27%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index ahead of the chipmaker’s off its weeklong GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California kicking off tonight AEST, with a keynote address from Chie...

US equity markets weaker on Wednesday, big tech continuing to hurt indices, with select Consumer names also being sold off. US PPI came in a touch below expectations, which followed a CPI print below expectations the day prior, but tariffs (and the threat of tariffs) were louder and seemed the focus of market moves. The Dow fell 537 points or -1.30%. Apple continued its negative trajectory, shares...

US equity markets mixed on Wednesday, select beaten up tech names in the green, while large Consumer Staples continued to pull back, as US annual inflation rate fell to 2.8% in February, below forecasts of 2.9%. The core rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was 3.1% versus expectations of 3.2%.

US equity markets were again weaker on Monday, investors worried that tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump did not rule out over the weekend in an interview. 'Risk-off' sentiment can definitely be seen in US market trading. The Dow fell 890 points or -2.08%, the 30-stock index dragged down by Nvidia, Goldman Sachs and Apple, down -5.07%...

US equity markets were again weaker on Tuesday, tariffs (both actual and threatened) making investors skittish. The Dow fell 478 points or -1.14%.

US equity markets advanced, recovering from steep losses earlier in the session following a lacklustre jobs report and after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economy remains in good shape. The Dow was up 222 points or 0.52%, the 30-stock index led by IBM (up 5.1%), and Verizon Communications (up 4.14%) leading the charge.

U.S. equity markets were down overnight as the market digests Trumps whipsawing tariff decisions. The Dow was down -0.92% to 42,612 points. Nvidia was the main drag, falling -5.52% after CFO Colette Kress stated it would take some time for them to meet demand for their Blackwell chips.