US equities advanced after midday on Monday as technology and consumer discretionary sectors, which were among the worst performers last week, rebounded.The Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.4% to 14,101.01, with the S&P 500 up by 1.2% to 4,485.12. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6% to 34,938.32 after briefly trading in …
Read More »S&P 500 Surges Back, Ends Week In The Green Territory
The US equities surged in late trade after a broadly positive session as Fed bets eased after softer wage data. The S&P 500 leapt to close above the 4400 level again to close 2.4% higher and end the week positive. Apple led the charge after positive Q4 earnings and record …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 27 January 2022
Although traders are still digesting Fed’s policy statement, Thursday’s US session closed on a positive note for both US stocks and the US dollar, seen rising at the same time.The interest rate policy statement and the remarks by Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, were among the most important factors that continued …
Read More »S&P 500 Dips As Monday’s Late Session Momentum Fades
After Monday’s stunning late-session recovery that saw the major US indices post and incredible recovery from intra-day lows, sentiment has taken a turn for the worse again. The S&P 500, which recovered a more than 4.0% dip to as lows as the 4220s on Monday to close above 4400, is …
Read More »US Equities Hit lowest Level Since July
US equity markets are trading sharply lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 index on course to confirm a correction, a close of more than 10% below the recent highs printed back in the first week of 2022. The index slumped below the 4300 level on Monday, to hit its …
Read More »US Equities Drop As Investors Startled By Poor Netflix Guidance
US equity markets continued to sell off on Friday, as downbeat earnings from tech giant Netflix weighed on sentiment and its competitors. NFLX shares dropped over 20% on Friday after the company on Thursday issued significantly worse than expected guidance for subscriber growth in Q1 2022. That weighed on other …
Read More »Why Tesla Stock Dropped Before Earnings
On Wednesday, 26 January, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will report its Q4 earnings for fiscal year 2021, so the fact that Tesla stock is falling today does not foreshadow particularly well. Tesla stock is trading down 2.5%, about five times worse than the decline on the broader Nasdaq index.Why Tesla stock is …
Read More »Disappointing Earnings Against Expectations For Netflix
Netflix missed Wall Street expectations for new subscribers at the end of last year and delivered a weaker-than-expected forecast in early 2022, as competition intensified in the battle for viewers of its online streaming services. The world’s largest streaming service added 8.3 million subscribers from October to December, when it …
Read More »US Shares Briefly Up As focus Turns To Netflix Earnings
US equities are trading broadly higher on Thursday, as stocks in the region track gains seen in Europe and, before that, Asia markets are the PBoC on Thursday took further steps to ease monetary policy. The Chinese central bank cut its one-year loan prime rate to 3.7% from 3.8% and …
Read More »UK Pound Struggles Amid Potential PM Replacement
The GBP/USD pair has maintained choppy performance on Thursday with the US dollar seeing a mixed reaction to weaker than expected initial jobless claims and housing data, though the pair has for the most part remained well supported to the north of the 1.3600 level. At current levels in the …
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