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Stock futures picked up steam after June inflation data cooled more than expected. Nasdaq futures were up 1.3%, while S&P 500 futures were up 0.3%. Dow futures were roughly flat as investors assess what the new economic data means for the Federal Reserve.
Why are chip stocks collapsing while the Dow barely budges? Korean markets just had their worst day since the 2008 financial crisis, and the fallout is hitting semiconductors hard.
By Sinéad Carew and Stefano Rebaudo July 13 (Reuters) - Stocks fell and oil prices rallied on Monday, while government bond yields rose, after U.S. and Iranian forces renewed exchanges of heavy
Markets were subdued ahead of a busy week for markets, with inflation reports, bank earnings, and geopolitical risk hanging in the balance.
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude oil recently had slipped back to the levels they were at before the war with Iran began, after the two sides set an interim agreement on ending the conflict and ships resumed transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
By Nell Mackenzie and Pete Schroeder LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Global stocks rose on Friday but Wall Street opened in mixed territory, as AI-related enthusiasm over the market debut of
South Korean memory-chip maker SK Hynix is poised to make its U.S. trading debut on Friday. The company will trade through American depositary receipts under the Nasdaq ticker SKHY. Late Thursday, SK Hynix sold 177.
Nasdaq futures were lower and European technology stocks slipped in early trade, as investors looked cautiously ahead of SK Hynix’s New York listing later Friday.
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Thursday, as rising chipmakers helped outweigh geopolitical anxiety over renewed attacks that could prolong the
The major gauges dropped after strikes in Iran resumed, ending a brief period of stability.
Bank stocks have enjoyed a nice run overall, and valuations are now fairly elevated.
BlackRock said on Tuesday it would launch an exchange-traded fund tracking the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 index, as it seeks to tap surging investor demand for exposure to the AI-driven stock market rally. The iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF, offered by the world's largest asset manager, will track the flagship U.S. index and start trading under the ticker on Thursday, just months after the Nasdaq revised its criteria to accelerate the inclusion of newly listed companies such as SpaceX.
By Wayne Cole and Harry Robertson SYDNEY/LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. futures ticked higher and European stocks traded near record highs on Monday as the potential for increased energy supplies
July 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures rose on Monday as chip stocks stabilized after recent weakness, while a fall in oil prices helped extend a rally that lifted the main U.S. indexes the previous
U.S. recruitment slowed significantly in June, dampening some of the employment growth momentum observed earlier this year.
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket Nishant July 2 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell on Thursday as technology shares slipped for a second day, while a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payrolls in June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Global shares are pulling back after a bumper quarter.
Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment around SPY was ‘bearish’, while QQQ sentiment remained ‘bullish.’
U.S. stock investors brushed off any concerns from the Iran war to send major indexes to their best quarter since 2020.
The stock market’s rally today is broadening, after all. The Nasdaq was leading the charge with a 1.3% gain, but the S&P 500 was up 0.7%. The Dow was on track for a fresh record close with a gain of 151 points, or 0.3%.
June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, led by strong gains in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, as easing tensions in the Middle East lifted sentiment following days of hostilities
SpaceX will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index on July 7, exchange operator Nasdaq confirmed on Friday, paving the way for a surge in passive investments in Elon Musk's rocket and AI giant. (Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Will Dunham)
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>