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Stocks looked set to rally after memory-chip maker Micron’s strong earnings and guidance breathed some life into the artificial-intelligence trade, which has stumbled in recent sessions. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 2% on Thursday. S&P 500 futures gained 0.7%.
June 25 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures jumped 2% on Thursday after upbeat forecasts from chipmakers Micron and Qualcomm pointed to strong demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, lifting
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, June 25 (Reuters) - Asian equities surged on Thursday after strong earnings and forecasts from chip giants Micron and Qualcomm helped alleviate some concerns over the red-
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
Honeywell's aerospace spinoff will be added to the S&P 500 index next week, while IES Holdings, a data center electric power provider, is going into the Midcap S&P 400. Both stocks rallied. Honeywell Aerospace will be officially in the S&P 500 at the start of trading on Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Tuesday.
U.S. stocks rose in early Thursday trading, rebounding from the previous session’s Fed-driven selloff as falling oil prices and optimism surrounding the Iran peace deal boosted investor sentiment.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures ticked higher on Thursday, as the signing of an interim Middle East peace deal helped ease concerns sparked by the Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy outlook.
Stocks looked set to rebound on Thursday as the peace deal between the U.S. and Iran helped investors to get over the worst of their worries about a hawkish Federal Reserve. The selloff came after Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled he was determined to rein in inflation, fueling bets that the central bank will hike interest rates later this year. Warsh’s comments “led investors to fully price in a Fed hike by October, with the repricing weighing on risk assets,” said Deutsche Bank economist Peter Sidorov.
Wall Street eyed the odds of Hormuz reopening after the interim US-Iran peace deal went into effect, and weighed signs the Fed is starting to lean toward a rate hike.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow gaining just under two-thirds of a percent to notch its second straight record-high close... while the S&P 500 shed more than half a percent and the Nasdaq dropped more than one percent.</p><p>Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX ended nearly 5% higher, paring earlier gains. For much of the session, the rocket and AI company's value was above that of Amazon, and it briefly surpassed Microsoft's valuation, as retail investors continued to pour into the stock after its record-breaking IPO.</p><p>But Amol Dhargalkar, chairman and managing partner at Chatham Financial, warned of several risks that could trigger volatility for SpaceX and other AI-related stocks.</p><p>"I think that's a really difficult position to be in as a retail investor, especially when you consider the fact that there is a lot of risk, not just in the business model, but these are names where the cash flows are likely far into the future. And we are not in a period of 0% or negative interest rates or even declining interest rates at this point. </p><p>There's a lot of question as to whether interest rates will continue to be flat or will they go up. And that can certainly be a meaningful drag on valuations of high growth companies, especially where that growth is out far into the future."</p><p>Investors will look for clues on where interest rates are headed when the Federal Reserve concludes its latest two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, with Kevin Warsh holding his first press conference as Fed chair.</p><p>Other stocks on the move included shares of Olin, which sank nearly 6% after the chemical producer said it would acquire Huntsman in an all-stock deal valued at more than $2.4 billion. Huntsman shares also fell as the offer stood at a discount to the stock's recent price.</p><p>:: Yum Brands</p><p>And shares of Yum Brands rose after the fast-food company said it would sell its Pizza Hut chain for $2.7 billion, against a backdrop of softer consumer spending across the fast-food industry.</p></body>
Stocks were mixed at the open on Tuesday as Wall Street looked through lower oil prices and toward the start of the Federal Open Market Committee's June meeting. The Dow rose 315 points, or 0.6%. Any close higher would be a fresh record close for the Dow.
The S&P 500 index gained about 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3%.
Markets are pausing after the S&P 500's best 3-day stretch in over a year, while SpaceX stock eyes a pass of Amazon by market cap
June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Tuesday as investors switched focus to the first interest rate decision under new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, while SpaceX
Global markets were broadly cautious on Tuesday as investors assessed the implications of a preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Iran, monitored a surprise policy move from the Bank of Japan and continued to track the extraordinary post-IPO surge in SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX). Futures Trade in Narrow Range Ahead of Fed MeetingU.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate hikes might best be viewed as a necessary evil for Wall Street.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes rallied on Monday, with the Dow gaining nearly 1% to notch a record-high close, the S&P 500 climbing about one-and-two-thirds percent and the Nasdaq soaring 3%.</p><p>Investors cheered the news of a preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. </p><p>Kevin Mahn is president and chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management.</p><p>"I believe that the theme of the day for investors is that a deal has been reached. We think the strait has been opened, we think, and the market has rallied, at least for now. Obviously, if the first two tenets of that theme start to get unwound, then we're going to see this market rally go in the opposite direction. But as it stands now, we believe that ultimately a deal between the U.S. and Iran will be signed in Switzerland on Friday and in all likelihood, tankers will start to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and that should start to ease inflationary pressures that are a result of higher oil prices that have been in place now since the beginning of March."</p><p>U.S. crude futures settled down 4.9% and hit their lowest level since March, helping to lift shares of energy-sensitive airline and cruise companies and hurting energy stocks.</p><p>Easing inflation fears also helped boost technology stocks as investors were more comfortable taking on riskier bets.</p><p>Chip giant Nvidia gained 3.5% and Micron Technology jumped nearly 11% after at least two brokerages sharply raised their price targets for the stock.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which concludes Wednesday.</p><p>Traders expect the central bank to leave interest rates unchanged, but they'll be watching closely for signals from Kevin Warsh in his first press conference as Fed chair.</p></body>
Boeing stock rose almost 5% on Monday, as the broader market rallied following a ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.
June 15 (Reuters) - Futures tracking Wall Street's main indexes jumped more than 1% each on Monday as investors cheered a preliminary pact struck between the U.S. and Iran to end the more than three-
WaterBridge stock surged Friday, reclaiming its latest buy point and hitting new highs. That makes it the IPO Stock Of The Week.
It's not all SpaceX in markets today. A big gain from Goldman Sachs is boosting the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The blue-chip index recently added around 400 points, or 0.8%. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced about 0.
Stock indexes around the world are in positive territory and U.S. stock futures are up. The IPO has shattered records, with SpaceX raising $75 billion, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each. The rocket maker, which derives most of its revenue from its satellite internet unit and has a nascent artificial-intelligence business, will trade under the ticker “SPCX.”
Asian shares climbed sharply on Friday, tracking big Wall Street gains, and oil prices slipped after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed there was a breakthrough in talks to end the Iran war. Samsung Electronics, South Korea's most valuable company, advanced 11.2%. Tokyo’s Nikkei’s 225 gained 3.5% to 66,442.95, also led by gains for technology stocks.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended sharply higher on Thursday, with the Dow adding more than 1.8%, the S&P 500 climbing one-and-three-quarters percent and the Nasdaq jumping more than two-and-a-half percent.</p><p>President Donald Trump canceled planned strikes on Iran and said a peace deal with Tehran could come as soon as this weekend.</p><p>While oil prices dropped sharply, Ben McMillan, chief investment officer at IDX Advisors, warned that inflationary and other economic pressures wouldn't immediately subside. </p><p>"It's not a spring where all of a sudden, once everything is signed and everybody agrees to a ceasefire, inflation magically comes down, even if the price of oil does. You know, supply chains have been disrupted, and not just oil, by the way, too, things like fertilizer, things that impact the food supply. And we're starting to see that percolate through the system."</p><p>Feeding inflation worries, data on Thursday showed U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in May, leading to the largest annual gain in over three years.</p><p>:: Oracle</p><p>Among the day's stock moves, shares of Oracle bucked what was otherwise a strong day for tech stocks, plunging 8.5% after the firm projected capital spending plans for fiscal 2027 above Wall Street estimates.</p><p>And shares of Adobe, down more than 6% at the close, plunged further in extended trading, despite the Photoshop maker raising its annual revenue forecast. The company also announced the departure of its CFO only three months after Adobe's CEO said he would step down.</p><p>And SpaceX priced the biggest-ever U.S. IPO at $135 per share, making Elon Musk’s rocket maker one of the world’s most valuable companies. The IPO raised a record $75 billion, valuing the company at nearly $1.8 trillion, a record for an initial offering. Trading is set to begin on Friday.</p></body>