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US equity markets opened the week on a softer footing ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision on Thursday morning AEST (11 December)    - Dow fell -216-points or -0.45% , with Nike Inc (down -3.52%) and Procter & Gamble Co (-3.56%) both falling ~3.5%.   Boeing Co (up +2.17%) and Walt Disney Co (+2.21%) both climbed ~2.2%. The Dow Jones Transportation Average (down -0.26%)...

US equity markets advanced after a delayed, tame inflation report reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its final meeting of the year this week - Dow added +104-points or +0.22% , with Salesforce Inc (up +5.3%) the clear outperformer in the 30-stock index on Friday (5 December). Goldman Sachs Group Inc +2% Amgen Inc fell -3.02% The Dow Jones Transportation Ave...

US equity markets retreated to open the final trading month of the calendar year, with technology and cryptocurrency-related stocks under particular pressure - Dow fell -427-points or -0.90% . Merck & Co Inc (-2.81%) was the worst performer in the 30-stock index , while Amgen Inc (-2.31%) and McDonald’s Corp (2.06%) both fell over >2%.

US equity markets advanced in an abbreviated trading session on Friday (28 November) to cap a strong, holiday-shortened trading week - Dow rose +289-points or +0.61% with Amazon.com Inc , International Business Machines (IBM) Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co all rising +1.77%. The broader S&P500 gained +0.54% . Energy (up +1.32%) led ten of the eleven primary sectors higher. Health Care (down...

US equity markets rallied sharply to kick off a holiday-shortened trading week amid renewed optimism around a December interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve - Dow rose +203-points or +0.44% . Amazon.com Inc (up +2.53%) said it will spend as much as $US50B expanding its capacity to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing services to US government entities . Amazon W...

US equity markets advanced after New York Federal Reserve President John Williams suggested the central bank could cut interest rates yet again this year  - Dow rallied +493-points or +1.08% . Home Depot Inc (up +3.29%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index .  Nvidia Corp lost -0.97% after Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, that the Trump administration was mulling the sale of H200...

US equity markets retreated on Thursday as the Dow was on pace for its worst week in a month as strong Nvidia earnings weren’t enough to cool investor fears . Dow fell -386.51 points or 0.84%. Notable stock moves included Cisco Systems Inc (-3.76%), Boeing Co (-3.4%) and Nvidia Corp (-3.15%) all falling >3%. The S&P500 and Nasdaq saw its largest intraday reversals since April’s tariff woes....

US equity markets advanced , with the Dow and S&P500 snapping four session losing streaks ahead of the release of Dow component Nvidia Corp’s (up +2.85% in the regular session) third quarter result after the closing bell and tonight’s AEST delayed September jobs report - Dow  edged +47-points or +0.10% higher . Boeing Co (down -2.07%) and Salesforce Inc (-2.41%) both fell over >2%. The broa...

US equity markets retreated as concerns about valuations for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks continued to weigh on sentiment and with investors eyeing Nvidia Corp’s (-2.81%) third quarter result after the closing bell of tonight’ AEST session    - Dow rose -499-points or -1.07% , having been down almost -700-points at its worst levels of the session. E-commerce and cloud giant Amazon.com Inc l...

US equity markets were mixed on Friday (14 November) but recovered from an early, steep sell-off to settled well of their worst levels of the session - Dow fell 310-points or -0.65% , having been down as much as -600-points or ~1.3% earlier in the session.  UnitedHealth Group Inc (down -3.21%) was the worst performer in the 30-stock index . Nike Inc lost -2.82%, with Moody’s downgrading its rating...

Benchmark US equity indices booked their worst single-session performance since 10 October, 2000 amid rising uncertainty about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts - Dow fell -798-points or -1.65% to 47,457.22 after settling above 48,000 for the first time a day earlier. Investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (down -3.99%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-3.41%), Caterpillar Inc (-3.4%) and Internati...

US equity markets mixed as investors continued to monitor progress on resolving the US government shutdown - Dow rose +327-points or +0.68% to 48,254.82 , the 30-stock index’s first close above >48,000 after setting a fresh record intra-day peak ( 48,431.57 ). Goldman Sachs Group Inc (+3.54%) and United Health Group Inc (+3.55%) both rallied ~3.5%. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp +0....

US equity markets rallied amid signs that a historic U.S. government shutdown could be nearing its end - Dow rose +382-points or +0.81% Nvidia Corp (up +5.79%) was the clear outperformer in the 30-stock index . Late Sunday (9 November), the Senate advanced a procedural measure to allow other votes today on an agreement to end the US government shutdown , now at 41-days. Eight Democrats joined Repu...

US equity markets settled narrowly mixed on Friday (7 November), recovering from steeper declines earlier in the session to cap a volatile week  - Dow added +75-points or +0.16% , recovering from an earlier slide of ~400-points or -0.9%. Coca-Cola Co (up +2.16%) and Sherwin-Williams Co (+1.95%) were the leading performers in the stock index.

Technology stocks led a rebound for US equity markets - Dow rose +226-points or +0.48% Amgen Inc (up +7.81%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index after the pharmaceutical company posted a better-than-expected third quarter result and raised its full-year sales outlook after the close of the previous session Economic bellwether Caterpillar Inc gained +3.94%. Home Depot (down -2.41%) was...

A mixed start to November for US equity markets ahead of another busy week of quarterly earnings releases - Dow fell -226-points or -0.48% , with Merck & Co Inc (down -4.06%) the worst performer in the 30-stock index. 3M Co (down -2.59%), UnitedHealth Group Inc (-2.27%) and Chevron Corp (-2.33%) all declined over >2%.   Microsoft Corp (down -0.15%) announced it has secured export licenses t...

US equity markets advanced on Friday (31 October) after a choppy session to cap a solid week and month for the benchmark indices  - Dow  edged +41-points or +0.09% higher Apple Inc settled -0.38% lower at US$270.37, unwinding an gain that saw the mega-capitalisation technology stock touch a fresh record intraday high of US$277.32 after reporting better-than-expected third quarter earnings after th...

US equity markets retreated a day after logging record intra-day highs for a third straight session, with investors continuing to assess earnings from mega-capitalisation technology names and yesterday’s (30 October) meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping   - Dow fell -110-points or -0.23% , sliding in the closing hour of trading . Boeing Co dropped -6.32% to be the worst pe...

US equity markets rebounded , with the S&P500 and Nasdaq booking fresh record intra-day and closing highs  - Dow  flat at 46,601.78 . Caterpillar Inc (up +3.17%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index. Nvidia Corp rose +2.20% after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang said that demand has risen in recent months , telling CNBC that “this year, particularly the last six months, de...

US equity markets retreated overnight as the US government shutdown entered its second week  but not before the S&P500 and Nasdaq scaled fresh record intra-day highs - Dow eased -92-points or -0.20% , with Nike Inc (down -3.18%) the worst performer in the 30-stock index , while Salesforce Inc fell -2.46% after the company said it won’t pay a ransom demand from a hacker who claimed to have stol...

US equity markets advanced, with the S&P500 and Nasdaq booking fresh record closing highs despite the U.S. government shutdown entering its sixth day, with the White House threatening mass federal worker layoffs. - Dow eased -63-points or -0.14% Verizon Communications Inc -5.11% after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hans Vestberg stepped down, replaced by independent lead director and former Pay...

US equity indices advanced  for a fifth consecutive session , with the three (3) leading indices booking a fresh round of record closing highs amid a global rally for semiconductor stocks after OpenAI announced South Korean firms SK Hynix (+9.86%) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (+3.49%) would partner with the ChatGPT maker on its Stargate AI infrastructure project   - Dow added +79-points or +0.17...

US equity markets advanced , with the Dow and S&P500 posting record highs despite the federal government shutting down for the first time in six-years - Dow  edged +88-points or +0.19% higher to book a second consecutive record closing high of 46,441.10 . Nike Inc gained +6.41% after the athletic retail giant posted better-than-expected headline numbers for the fiscal first quarter after the c...

US equity markets retreated , with the S&P500 and Nasdaq declining for a third consecutive session - Dow fell -174-points or -0.38% , with Amgen Inc (-2.88%), Nike Inc (-2.78%) and Merck & Co Inc (-2.6%) all falling over >2.5%. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp gained +5.20% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index after financial partner HSBC Holdings Plc said it had...

US equity markets retreated  from record highs, snapping a three-session streak that saw the three main indices post record intra-day and closing highs - Dow slipped -89-points or -0.19% to 46,292.78 after logging a fresh record intra-day high ( 46,447.13 ) shortly after the opening bell.   Amazon.com Inc (down -3.04%) was the worst performer in the 30-stock index . The company squaring off agains...