U.S. equity futures drifted lower ahead of Tuesday's opening bell as a persistent consolidation across large-cap technology shares continued to weigh on broad benchmarks. At the time of writing, tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.59%, while S&P 500 fu...
China: Major indices closed mixed. The Shanghai Composite ticked up 0.92% to 4,169.54 and the Shenzhen Component edged up 0.26% to 15,569.91, while the ChiNext Index dipped 0.16% to 3,908.44. Semiconductors, power, and robotics sectors saw robust trading volum...
With Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) poised to launch its landmark initial public offering (IPO) next month, the market's focus has turned to the primary beneficiaries of this historic wealth-creation event. Beyond the prominent venture capital p...
For years, retail investors looking to back Elon Musk’s grand vision had only one realistic avenue: buying shares of Tesla Inc. That paradigm is about to shift, introducing a major risk factor for Tesla shareholders. SpaceX is reportedly on track to file...
On Monday, the three major U.S. stock indexes finished mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both falling for a second consecutive session. The Dow rose 0.32% to 49,686.12, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.07% to 7,403.05 and the Nasdaq fell 0.51% to 26,090.73...
As the conflict in Iran enters its 80th day, global markets are displaying increasingly transparent anxieties over stubborn inflation, a dynamic that continues to dictate equity performance heading into Monday’s opening bell. Futures tracking the tech-he...
China: Major indices closed lower, with the Shanghai Composite sliding 1.02% to 4,135.39 and the Shenzhen Component dropping 1.17% to 15,561.37. The ChiNext Index fell 0.56% to 3,929.06. Coal, home appliances, and machinery equipment sectors were active. On th...
Following a blowout quarterly report that shattered market expectations, Wall Street institutions have rushed to aggressively double their price targets for Japanese memory manufacturer Kioxia Holdings. As context, Kioxia released its latest financial results...
Artificial intelligence powerhouse Nvidia is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter results after the closing bell this Wednesday. In what shapes up as the most anticipated event of the current earnings season, options data implies a potential 7.56% post...
As the world's largest supplier of DRAM and NAND flash, Samsung Electronics is facing an escalating labor crisis that introduces fresh upside risks to memory chip pricing. With the union planning an 18-day strike starting May 21, analysts warn the threat could...
Japanese government bonds (JGBs) suffered a violent sell-off during the Asian session on Monday, May 18, triggering fresh anxieties across global fixed-income markets. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield surged over 10 basis points early in the session to touch 2....
Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, disclosed its Q1 2026 U.S. equity holdings via its 13F filing on Friday. The report reveals that during the first quarter ending March 31, Bridgewater aggressively reshuffled its portfolio. The fund...
On Friday ET, the three major U.S. indices pulled back sharply after the AI-driven rally had pushed equities to repeated record highs, as a surge in crude oil prices revived concerns about global inflation. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 4.595%, whi...
U.S. stock index futures trended lower on Friday as a combination of tech-sector weakness and climbing Treasury yields weighed on market sentiment. The high-flying tech sector faced a wave of profit-taking. In pre-market trading, Nvidia fell 3%, Intel dropped...
China: Major indices closed lower, with the Shanghai Composite sliding 1.02% to 4,135.39 and the Shenzhen Component dropping 1.17% to 15,561.37. The ChiNext Index fell 0.56% to 3,929.06. Coal, home appliances, and machinery equipment sectors were active. On th...
While the Chinese Yuan maintained its strength this month—briefly surging past the 6.8 mark against the USD—traders in the foreign exchange market are noticing a far less optimistic reality for other Asian currencies. Driven by the spike in oil pri...
Semiconductor equipment giant Applied Materials (AMAT) reported its fiscal first-quarter 2026 results after the bell on Thursday. The report reveals that as global tech titans aggressively scale up data centers and AI infrastructure, demand for chipmaking equi...
On Thursday ET, all three major U.S. indices closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaimed 50,000 for the first time in three months, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 extended their record runs. AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems soared 68.2% on its mar...
U.S. stock index futures trended higher on Thursday, positioning the Dow Jones Industrial Average for a potential reclaim of the 50,000-point threshold. Market sentiment was buoyed by a stellar earnings report from Cisco and optimism surrounding a high-stakes...
Just two weeks after Samsung Electronics crossed the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold at the beginning of the month, South Korea’s other memory powerhouse, SK Hynix, is on the verge of joining the elite "$1 Trillion Club." SK Hynix Closes In o...
