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ADDX GO Market Morning Wrap - 6th Mar

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March 5, 2025
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Stock Market

The three major US stock indexes all closed higher. As of the close of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 485.60 points from the previous trading day, closing at 43,006.59 points, an increase of 1.14%; the S&P 500 Index rose 64.48 points, closing at 5,842.63 points, an increase of 1.12%; the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 267.57 points, closing at 18,552.73 points, an increase of 1.46%.
 
In the Indian market, the Sensex closed at 73,730.23, up by 1.01%; the NIFTY 50 closed at 22,337.30, with a gain of 1.15%.

As for other Asian markets, the Nikkei 225 closed at 37,418.24, up by 0.23%; the HSI closed at 23,594.21, rising by 2.84%; the KLCI  closed at 1,564.42, up by 0.56%; the STI in Singapore closed at 3,898.40, with an increase of 0.20%; and the IDX Composite in Indonesia closed at 6,531.40, up by 2.37%.

Key Events

  • 【The UK Abandons the Antitrust Investigation into the "Microsoft-OpenAI" Combination】On Wednesday local time, the UK antitrust regulator stated that $MSFT 's $13 billion investment in OpenAI did not lead to a situation of "acquiring control" and there were no issues that could potentially impede industry competition. Therefore, no further intervention measures will be taken.
  • Intel Releases Commercial AI PC Products, Which Will Be Shipped by the End of March】At the Mobile World Congress 2025, $INTC released its lineup of commercial AI PC products, which are equipped with Intel® Core™ Ultra 200V, 200U, 200H, 200HX, and 200S series processors.
  • The New Apple Mac Studio Is Equipped with Up to 512GB of Memory$AAPL launched its new Mac Studio on Wednesday. The highest configuration has been upgraded to 512GB of unified memory, an Apple M3 Ultra (32+80+32-core) processor, and a 16TB solid-state drive.

Forex & Commodities

OPEC+ countries are advancing the production increase as planned, intensifying concerns about oversupply. International oil prices fell on the 5th.
 
As of the close of the day, the price of light crude oil futures for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by $1.95, closing at $66.31 per barrel, a decrease of 2.86%; the price of London Brent crude oil futures for May delivery fell by $1.74, closing at $69.30 per barrel, a decrease of 2.45%.
 
International gold prices rose on the same day. COMEX gold futures rose by $5.40, an increase of 0.18%, closing at $2,926.00 per ounce.

Key Events

  • The US Dollar Plunged Unexpectedly! Wall Street's Outlook for the US Dollar Is Undergoing a Major Transformation】Deutsche Bank stated in its newly released report that as the global market adapts to the new geopolitical order, the US dollar may lose its traditional safe-haven status; Pepperstone strategist Michael Brown said that the US dollar has changed from the "best currency" to a currency that "no one wants to touch"; Sarah Ying, the head of foreign exchange strategy at CIBC Capital Markets, also said that the market is shifting from a systematic bullish view on the US dollar to a bearish view.

Cryptocurrency

Regarding the price trend of Bitcoin , the latest price of BTC has broken through to $90,535.99, with an increase of 1.03% and a trading volume of $53.302 billion.

Regarding the latest news of Ethereum, the latest price of ETH is $2,239.21, with a 24-hour increase of 4.45% and a trading volume of $22.953 billion.

Key Events

  • The Second "Pectra" Test of Ethereum Has Vulnerabilities, and the Mainnet Release May Be Delayed】Ethereum developers conducted a test of the Pectra upgrade on the Sepolia test network. This is the most important upgrade of Ethereum since 2024, aiming to improve the efficiency of the blockchain, the user experience, and the validator system. The test seemed successful at the beginning, but a few hours later, errors began to occur on the Sepolia network, resulting in empty blocks being added to the chain.
  • The WLFI Project of the Trump Family Purchased $25 Million Worth of WBTC, ETH, and MOVE Tokens】According to Arkham monitoring data, the wallet of the World Liberty Fi (WLFI) project under the Trump family has just transferred $25 million worth of USDC into an independent contract. The contract then purchased $10 million worth of ETH, $10 million worth of WBTC, and $1.5 million worth of MOVE tokens.

Market Events and Most Anticipated Earnings Releases

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