GoAI Market Wrap – 25th Sep
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September 25, 2026
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U.S. equities recovered from an early decline but closed mixed on Thursday. Elevated long-dated Treasury yields and cautious bond demand continued to pressure duration-sensitive assets, while Meta’s Connect-driven strength supported the headline indices.
Daily Market Brief · Friday, September 25, 2026
U.S. Market Close
DJIA51,349.98▼ 0.31%
S&P 5007,704.13▼ 0.02%
NASDAQ26,939.37▲ 0.01%
GoAI Sentiment Index
Score: 40 — Mild Fear
Mixed equity performance and elevated rate sensitivity are keeping risk appetite cautious, leaving the signal in Mild Fear territory.
Key Headlines
RATES & BONDS
Long-Dated U.S. Treasury Yields Reach Multi-Year Highs
RATES & BONDS
Meta Rises 4.5% as Analysts Lift Targets After Connect
TECHNOLOGY & IP
Qualcomm Renews Global Patent License Agreement With Apple
Market Analysis
U.S. equities opened lower on Thursday before recovering through a choppy session, leaving the major benchmarks mixed at the close. The S&P 500 slipped 0.02% to 7,704.13, the Nasdaq Composite added 0.01% to 26,939.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.31% to 51,349.98.
Meta gained 4.5% after analysts raised price targets following its Connect event, citing the potential multi-billion-dollar value of Muse’s shopping-assistant features. The company also unveiled a palm-sized dedicated device for its popular Muse assistant, extending its push into AI hardware.
Oracle fell 3.47%, after trading down more than 7% intraday, while fuel-cell supplier Bloom Energy also trimmed a substantial late-session decline. Reports said Oracle had notified Stack Infrastructure that it sought to invoke a force-majeure clause as construction of the Project Jupiter data centre in New Mexico faces delays that could prevent the facility from entering service in 2028 as planned.
Most S&P 500 constituents declined, but gains in heavily weighted names including Meta and Eli Lilly helped support the headline indices. The bond-market sell-off remained a central cross-asset driver: the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.502% intraday, its highest level since 2004.
The Treasury purchased $4.078 billion of 20- to 30-year Treasuries in its second expanded buyback operation, against a previously announced $6 billion limit. The $44 billion seven-year Treasury auction stopped at a 5.085% yield, the highest since the security’s 2009 reintroduction, signalling softer-than-expected demand.
The selling pressure accelerated after Wednesday’s activity data pointed to robust U.S. growth and rising inflation pressure, lifting expectations for tighter policy. Money markets were fully pricing three Federal Reserve rate increases over the following year, while a series of Fed officials reinforced the hawkish tone.
Oil prices were volatile overnight. A Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu, a key Saudi crude-export port that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Subsequent reports that the United States and Iran were discussing a reopening of the strait sent prices sharply lower before a partial rebound.
Key Takeaway: Equity indices stabilised after a weak start, but rising long-dated Treasury yields and soft auction demand kept duration-sensitive assets under pressure. Meta’s Connect-driven strength provided a counterweight, while the path of inflation, policy expectations and oil-supply risk remains central to near-term market direction.
Meta gained 4.5% after analysts raised price targets following its Connect event, citing the potential multi-billion-dollar value of Muse’s shopping-assistant features. The company also unveiled a palm-sized dedicated device for its popular Muse assistant, extending its push into AI hardware.
Oracle fell 3.47%, after trading down more than 7% intraday, while fuel-cell supplier Bloom Energy also trimmed a substantial late-session decline. Reports said Oracle had notified Stack Infrastructure that it sought to invoke a force-majeure clause as construction of the Project Jupiter data centre in New Mexico faces delays that could prevent the facility from entering service in 2028 as planned.
Most S&P 500 constituents declined, but gains in heavily weighted names including Meta and Eli Lilly helped support the headline indices. The bond-market sell-off remained a central cross-asset driver: the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.502% intraday, its highest level since 2004.
The Treasury purchased $4.078 billion of 20- to 30-year Treasuries in its second expanded buyback operation, against a previously announced $6 billion limit. The $44 billion seven-year Treasury auction stopped at a 5.085% yield, the highest since the security’s 2009 reintroduction, signalling softer-than-expected demand.
The selling pressure accelerated after Wednesday’s activity data pointed to robust U.S. growth and rising inflation pressure, lifting expectations for tighter policy. Money markets were fully pricing three Federal Reserve rate increases over the following year, while a series of Fed officials reinforced the hawkish tone.
Oil prices were volatile overnight. A Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu, a key Saudi crude-export port that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Subsequent reports that the United States and Iran were discussing a reopening of the strait sent prices sharply lower before a partial rebound.
Key Takeaway: Equity indices stabilised after a weak start, but rising long-dated Treasury yields and soft auction demand kept duration-sensitive assets under pressure. Meta’s Connect-driven strength provided a counterweight, while the path of inflation, policy expectations and oil-supply risk remains central to near-term market direction.
Key Events
Treasury’s Long-Bond Buyback Falls Below Its $6 Billion Limit
The U.S. Treasury said it repurchased $4.078 billion of 20- to 30-year Treasuries in its September 24 liquidity buyback operation, below the previously announced $6 billion maximum. The operation received $10.468 billion of offers for the targeted maturities.
New York Sues Prediction-Market Platform Polymarket
New York State filed suit against Polymarket, alleging that it operated an unlicensed gambling business and seeking an order preventing the platform from operating in the state. The complaint seeks penalties, including disgorgement calculated at three times alleged unlawful proceeds, and requests disclosure of trading records, user losses and company revenue. The platform argues that federal CFTC oversight pre-empts state regulation.
Qualcomm Renews Global Patent License Agreement With Apple
Qualcomm announced on September 24 that it had renewed its global patent license agreement with Apple. The new agreement becomes effective on April 1, 2027; its duration and financial terms were not disclosed. The companies settled earlier patent litigation in 2019, and the current agreement is due to expire at the end of March 2027.
Commodities
NYMEX WTI Crude▲ 2.66%
ICE Brent Crude▲ 3.41%
Spot Gold▼ 0.28%
Spot Silver▼ 0.93%
NYMEX Natural Gas▲ 5.81%
LME Copper▲ 0.21%
CBOT Wheat▼ 0.21%
CBOT Soybeans▼ 0.08%
LME Nickel▲ 0.92%
LME Tin▲ 0.59%
Forex
EUR/USD1.1387▼ 0.48%
GBP/USD1.3243▼ 0.69%
USD/JPY158.27▲ 0.49%
USD/CNY6.7111▲ 0.17%
Sector Intelligence
U.S.-LISTED AI PLATFORMS & DATA-CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE
NVDA / NVIDIA$223.92▼ 0.71%
AVGO / Broadcom$349.50▼ 0.25%
Key Drivers: AI infrastructure demand spans accelerated compute, custom silicon and high-speed networking. NVIDIA provides a full-stack data-centre platform, while Broadcom supplies custom accelerators and connectivity infrastructure. The supplied session narrative on Meta’s Connect event and Oracle’s Project Jupiter concerns is contextual rather than proof of causation for the names shown here.
Outlook: Constructive long-term demand exposure, but near-term returns may remain volatile. Monitor hyperscaler capital expenditure, deployment timing, power and networking bottlenecks, semiconductor valuations and evidence that infrastructure spending converts into durable earnings.
Outlook: Constructive long-term demand exposure, but near-term returns may remain volatile. Monitor hyperscaler capital expenditure, deployment timing, power and networking bottlenecks, semiconductor valuations and evidence that infrastructure spending converts into durable earnings.
SHIPPING & LOGISTICS
Baltic Dry Index (Sep 24)3,473▲ 1.25%
HARPEX Index (Sep 18)2,450▲ 0.12%
Market Dynamics: The BDI rose 1.25% to 3,473 on September 24, led by gains in Capesize and Panamax rates, while Supramax also improved modestly. The latest weekly HARPEX assessment increased 0.12% to 2,450, reflecting a broadly stable-to-firm container time-charter market.
Outlook: Dry-bulk momentum is firm but remains sensitive to commodity volumes, vessel availability and seasonal patterns. The slight weekly HARPEX increase supports a stable container outlook, while unchanged larger-vessel classes argue against reading it as a broad acceleration.
Outlook: Dry-bulk momentum is firm but remains sensitive to commodity volumes, vessel availability and seasonal patterns. The slight weekly HARPEX increase supports a stable container outlook, while unchanged larger-vessel classes argue against reading it as a broad acceleration.
Institutional Views
J.P. Morgan Asset ManagementSELECTIVE
J.P. Morgan Asset Management says AI investment is supporting global earnings growth and valuations are not excessive, but expects only moderate returns and urges diversification in light of momentum and concentration risks.
Loomis SaylesATTRACTIVE
Loomis Sayles sees a global bull market led by earnings rather than multiple expansion, with potential breadth across emerging markets, Europe, Japan and the United States, while acknowledging slim risk premiums and correction risks.
SchrodersSELECTIVE
Schroders views the bull market as fundamentally differentiated and broadly healthy despite record highs and speculative technology pockets, favouring continued equity exposure with value equities as an AI-risk hedge.
Digital Assets (24h)
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Ethereum (ETH)$2,689.76▲ 0.29%
XRP$1.54▲ 2.95%
Solana (SOL)$117.32▲ 2.07%
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