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Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Wall Street stocks tumbled on fears of AI-driven disruption All three major U.S. indexes closed more than 1% lower in a broad selloff, as risk appetite was weighed down by two converging forces - persistent concerns over AI's disruptive potential and President Trump's erratic trade policy, which has been a primary source of market volatility throughout the...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Iran War Clouds Send Markets Sliding Wall Street ended lower on Thursday, with losses in private equity companies and weakness in Walmart and Apple, while earnings-driven gains in industrials limited losses. The weakness on Wall Street partly reflected a negative reaction to Walmart's earnings, with the retail giant slumping 1.4 per cent. The company provided...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Markets Inch Up Amid AI Cost Concerns U.S. stocks edged higher Tuesday after a sluggish open, lifted by a rebound in technology shares and support from financials. Amazon shares swung violently after shedding roughly $450 billion in market value over nine consecutive sessions. Investors are scrutinising the company's plan to spend $200 billion on AI infrastruc...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary RBI Circular on Capital Market Exposures to Impact Liquidity in Derivative Markets The US stock market's recent moves can be characterised by a shift from cautious optimism to a sharp mid-week sell-off, which was ultimately stabilised by a cooling inflation report. Last week began with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hovering around key psycho...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Asian Stocks Hit Record Highs, Nifty Primed for All-Time High Rally Above Key 26,000 Resistance Asian stocks rose to a record high on Thursday, while the dollar firmed a touch against most currencies, except the yen, after stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data dented near-term rate-cut expectations, setting the stage for the inflation report on Friday. The US econ...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Major US stock indexes were mixed on Tuesday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed lower, while the Dow edged up to its third record close in a row, as investors digested disappointing retail sales figures and waited for a key labour market report. U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly unchanged in December as households scaled back spending on motor vehicles and o...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Dow at New All-Time High; Broad-Based Rally Lifts Indian Markets World stocks rallied on Monday, propelled by optimism over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's thumping election win and a tech rebound, while the dollar slumped amid reports that China has advised financial institutions to curb exposure to U.S. bonds. U.S. stocks moved mostly higher over th...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary AI Anxiety Hits Wall Street Wall Street ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors worried that AI could create more competition for software makers, keeping them on edge ahead of quarterly reports from Alphabet and Amazon later this week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.4% as software stocks extended losses, Anthropic's launch of workplace productivity tools in...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary We Have A Deal! Markets are likely to surge nearly 3% higher on open India and the United States have agreed to a trade agreement under which reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods will be slashed to 18% from 25%, and the additional 25% duty on purchases of Russian crude oil will be eliminated. The trade deal will be " effective immediately", President Donal...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary U.S.-Iran Tensions Drive Oil Above $70, Nifty Breaks Key Resistance Levels Volatility surged through world markets on Thursday as fears over a U.S. strike on Iran and the threat of another U.S. government shutdown roiled oil and metals, while AI bubble concerns hammered tech stocks and pushed the Nasdaq and S&P 500 into negative territory. Oil prices climbed s...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Fed Holds Rates Steady - Attention Turns to Union Budget Major U.S. stock indexes closed largely flat on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's policy announcement. After initial gains, the major indexes pulled back and traded near unchanged levels for most of the session, eventually ending narrowly mixed. The S&P 500 briefly surpassed 7,000 for the first t...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary US FOMC announcement in Focus, Indian Markets Boosted by EU Trade Deal World stocks and the S&P 500 reached new highs Tuesday, driven by strong U.S. earnings, while anxiety over President Trump's policies pushed gold to record levels and the dollar to a four-year low. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to close at a record near 6,994, and the Nasdaq gained 1.0% as...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Trump's Tariff Retreat Sparks Wall-Street Rally. US stocks rallied for a second consecutive day on Thursday after President Trump backed away from threats of tariffs on Europe, easing geopolitical tensions. The S&P 500 rose 1.16% to 6,875.62, the Dow gained 1.21% to 49,077.23, and the Nasdaq climbed 1.18% to 23,224.82. The market rebound accelerated after...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Wall Street Surges on Trump's Dovish Davos Turn Wall Street surged on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 posting its largest one-day gain in two months after President Trump announced a framework agreement on Greenland and cancelled planned tariffs for February 1st on European nations. Major indices rallied sharply: the Dow jumped 588 points (1.2%), while the S&a...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Wall-Street selloff - Biggest one-day drop in three months All ​the three major Wall Street indexes ended Tuesday with their biggest one-day drops in three months, in a broad selloff triggered by concerns that fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe could signal renewed market volatility. U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday as President Trump threa...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary US Futures Fall on Trump's New Tariff Threat Over Greenland U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed tariff threats against European allies amid rising tensions over Greenland have revived talk of the 'Sell America' trade that emerged following his sweeping Liberation Day levies last April. The dollar retreated to its lowest level in a week during ear...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Volatility Persists Amid Global Headwinds and Weak Quarterly Results Global investor sentiment sustained multiple blows from policy developments, including US proposals to cap credit card interest rates, new tariffs targeting nations trading with Iran, and an increasingly aggressive stance toward Greenland. These headlines heightened uncertainty around consumer sp...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Dow falls as JPMorgan tumbles on earnings miss The Dow retreated from Monday's record close as JPMorgan Chase plunged 4.2% after reporting a 7% decline in fourth-quarter profit, despite beating adjusted earnings estimates. Investment banking fees missed expectations, pressuring the broader financial sector. Visa fell 4.5%, and Mastercard dropped 3.8% amid conc...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary S&P & Dow Hit New Records, US Trade Deal Hope Sparks 300-Point Nifty Rally The S&P 500 and Dow registered record closing highs on Monday as technology stocks and Walmart gained, with investors largely dismissing concerns about the Justice Department's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Stocks opened lower on the Powell n...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Wall Street Hits All-Time Highs as Weak Jobs Data Fuels Rate Cut Optimism, Indian Markets Tumble on Trump Tariff Threat. US stocks advanced in the first full trading week of 2026, with investors largely ignoring geopolitical tensions and pushing major indexes to all-time highs. Rotation from mega-caps to cyclicals broadened market participation, while focus on Pre...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Dow, S&P 500 Give Back Ground, But Nasdaq Moves Modestly Higher US Markets remain cautiously positioned amid geopolitical developments, upcoming Supreme Court tariff decisions, and the early stages of Q4 earnings season. American stocks fluctuated throughout the trading day on Wednesday before ending the relatively lacklustre session mixed. Energy stocks decli...

Dow Reaches Record as Energy Stocks Surge Following U.S. Strike on Venezuela Wall Street climbed on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high driven by surging energy shares after a U.S. military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Investors anticipate the move will grant U.S. companies access to the world's largest oil reserves. The Trump admin...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Indian Markets look set to surge to record levels in the new year's first full trading week. US stock markets navigated a holiday-shortened last week marked by early volatility and net weekly losses despite intraday recoveries. Indian stock markets demonstrated resilience throughout the holiday-thinned week, closing higher on low volumes driven by year-end pos...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary Oil Prices Rise on Geopolitical Tensions, Dollar Begins 2026 on Weak Footing Most of the global stock markets remained closed yesterday in observance of New Year's Day. The UK's FTSE 100 index paused near record levels in the final stretch of 2025 on Thursday, wrapping up its strongest annual gain in 16 years in a shortened trading session. The U.S. dollar...

Opening Bell - Morning Commentary The new year promises new highs for Indian markets. Happy New Year! We hope 2026 brings you prosperity, good health, and success in all your endeavours. Thank you for including this commentary in your daily routine. Wall Street's major indexes closed lower in the final trading session of 2025, yet still delivered substantial annual gains following a turbulent...