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US equities ended mostly higher in fairly quiet Wednesday trading, with the Dow Jones, S&P500, and Nasdaq closing up 4bps, 16bps, and 49bps respectively. May new home sales missed. Architecture Billings Index declined in May to its lowest level since August 2020. Today's $70B auction of 5-year notes saw slight stop through in latest well-received sale. Micron trading lower after hours as revenue guidance was shy.
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US equities finished mixed in Tuesday afternoon trading, with S&P and Nasdaq breaking a streak of three straight declines. Today saw some reversal of the recent momentum unwind. Underwhelming corporate updates were another area of focus. Little directional impulse from economic calendar or Fedspeak. Stretched positioning and buyback blackouts flagged as near-term headwinds.
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US equities ended mixed Monday, well off best levels. Nvidia, semis, and AI-linked names extended recent declines, with Nvidia now off more than 10% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down over 5% since 18-Jun. However, breadth is positive with strong performance across value and cyclical groups. There was not much on the economic calendar as the June Dallas Fed Index missed, though was better m/m.
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US equities ended higher in this shortened week of trading with the Equal Weight S&P outperforming the official index. Fed rate cut expectations received a boost from the latest retail sales report, which added to the growing pool of evidence of a cooling US economy. AI enthusiasm also continued to provide support to sentiment with Nvidia surpassing Microsoft on Tuesday to become the most valuable public company.
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US equities ended mostly lower Thursday, near worst levels. Price action reflects some consolidation across recent AI winners after Nvidia surpassed Microsoft on Tuesday to become the most valuable public company. a busy day of economic data include an initial claims miss, though slightly off last week's nine-month high that triggered some growth worries, while continuing claims was also a bit higher than expected and the highest since January.
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US equities ended higher Tuesday, a bit off best levels. S&P locked in 31st record high of the year. No new developments around the major themes as today's big event, May retail sales, reaffirmed weakening consumer trends and growth concerns and offered more support for September rate cut. Sentiment remains positive and the path of least resistance still seems tilted to the upside, though the macro narrative has been flip-flopping over the past few weeks.
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US equities were higher in Monday trading, ending just off best levels as an afternoon rally erased some morning weakness. Not much was behind today's risk-on move with very few catalysts to start what is expected to be a fairly quiet week, with Wednesday being a market holiday in the US. June Empire manufacturing beat as employment index weakened, though prices paid and prices received indexes both fell and the future conditions index was its best in more than two years.
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US equities were mixed this week as the S&P and Nasdaq posted solid gains, while the Dow and Russell 2000 were both lower. This week's upside driven in large part by another rate rally and more soft landing optimism after the May CPI and PPI reports added to the disinflation traction narrative. The June FOMC meeting ended with no change to the benchmark rate at 5.25-5.50% as expected.
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US equities finished mixed in Thursday trading, ending not far from best levels after some midday weakness. The market struggled to continue Wednesday's momentum despite more signs of renewed disinflation traction from the PPI results. Headline May PPI unexpectedly declined month over month and core PPI was cooler than expected.
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US equities finished mostly higher in Wednesday trading, with the Dow Jones closing down 9bps, while the S&P500 and Nasdaq closed up 85bps and 153bps respectively. risk-on sentiment was driven by renewed disinflation traction from a cooler than expected May CPI print, with headline flat and core up only 0.2% m/m. Little surprise from today's June FOMC meeting. Fed left rates unchanged, as expected, and updated dot plot showed just one rate cut in 2024. Oracle missed but stock rallied on strength in RPOs, upbeat 2025 guidance and new AI-driven cloud deals.
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US equities finished mixed in Tuesday trading, ending near best levels and seeing the S&P and Nasdaq both set fresh record closes. Several smaller themes were in play today, but the big narrative is that the market is in waiting mode ahead of tomorrow's May CPI and June FOMC releases, though few surprises are expected from either report, and market sentiment has largely coalesced on the Fed remaining on hold until at least September. Today's $39B 10Y note auction was stronger than expected, stopping through by ~2bp and taking some pressure off yesterday's weak 3Y note auction.
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US equities finished higher in Monday afternoon trading, ending near best levels. The market shook off some early-morning weakness and is now seeing gains across the major indices ahead of a number of high-profile catalysts this week. It’s been a light day on the economic calendar, including the New York Fed's Survey of Consumer Expectations, which showed 1 year inflation expectations tick down 0.1 percentage points to 3.2%.
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US equities were mostly higher this week, with the S&P and Nasdaq both logging their sixth gain of the past seven weeks and setting fresh record highs earlier in the week. It was another big week for big tech, with Nvidia garnering a lot of attention for its continued run higher and move above $3T in market cap. On the jobs front, a decline in April job openings and a below-consensus May ADP report played into expectations for continued softening in job creation, but Friday nonfarm payrolls were much hotter than expected (and average hourly earnings grew faster than forecast as well).
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US equities ended mostly lower Thursday, with the Dow Jones closed up 20bps, while the S&P500 and Nasdaq finished down 2bps and 70bps respectively. Initial jobless claims came in above consensus, hitting their highest level since early May. Continuing claims were in line, though highest since late March. Final first quarter productivity came in below consensus, while unit labor costs also were revised below consensus. The ECB cut its benchmark rate by 25bp as expected.
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US equities ended higher Wednesday, near their best levels, with the Dow Jones, S&P500, and Nasdaq closing up 25bps, 118bps, and 147bps respectively. ADP private payrolls were up 152K, softer than the 175K consensus and the lowest print since January. May ISM services beat, with prices paid falling m/m to its lowest since March, while employment was slightly higher but still in contraction territory. Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by 25 bp, as expected, and ECB expected to cut tomorrow.
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US equities ended mostly higher Tuesday, a bit off best levels. Not much behind modest late afternoon recovery from session lows with another Treasury rally and dovish repricing around Fed rate path the easiest excuses. Growth concerns remain key area of attention following softer ISM manufacturing print. April JOLTS job openings of 8.059M well below 8.360M consensus, lowest since Feb-21.
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US equities ended mixed Monday, recovering from session lows. May ISM manufacturing missed, falling further into contraction territory. New orders also missed, though the employment index was higher, back into expansion territory and the best since August 2022.
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US equities ended lower this shortened week with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq breaking five straight weeks of gains. Regarding consumers, there were more signs of weakening and additional talk about a pushback on pricing and the need to ramp up value proposition, however, the broader consumer resilience theme is still largely intact. Regarding this week's economic data releases beyond PCE, May consumer confidence index strengthened ahead of consensus after three months of declines, helped by a perceived strong labor market.
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US equities finished mostly lower in Thursday trading, though off worst levels. Despite the weak index finish market breadth was positive, with somewhat softer economic data contributing to lower Treasury yields after a notable multiday backup driven by hawkish Fedspeak, oversupply concerns, and firmer data. In macro news, Q1 GDP was revised down to a 1.3% SAAR in the second read from the prior 1.6% flash, with the release pointing to a downward revision to consumer spending.
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US equities finished lower in Wednesday trading, ending not far from worst levels after having remained in largely the same range through the bulk of the session; Dow Jones, S&P500, and Nasdaq closing down 106bps, 74bps, and 58bps respectively. Rate backup the big overhang on stocks as of late, made worse this afternoon by yet another weak Treasury auction, with $44B in 7Ys tailing around 1.5 bps, and underlying metrics worse than recent averages. May Richmond Fed Index beat. Fed's latest Beige Book report noted most districts saw slight or modest growth.