US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday (July 22nd), as the S&P 500 hit a new record, rising nearly 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 170 points, and the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.5% ahead of key earnings reports from Alphabet and Tesla. Chip stocks weighed on the Nasdaq, with Nvidia down 2.4% and Broadcom down 3.3% following reports that SoftBank and OpenAI's massive AI project was stalled. Shares of Lockheed Martin (-10.8%) and Philip Morris (-8.2%) fell sharply after disappointing results. General Motors (-8%) also warned of a deeper impact on profits related to tariffs after a 32%...
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out a deadline extension on tariffs which are set to kick off on Aug. 1. Trump on Tuesday stateside also announced a 50% levy on copper imports and indicated that further sector-specific tariffs will be announced soon. He also threatened to impose up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S., but said that he will "give people about a year, year and a half" until the duties go into effect. Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. Investors will also be...
US stocks were little changed on Tuesday as investors digested conflicting signals from President Trump on tariffs. After initially delaying the return of broad "Liberation Day" tariffs until Aug. 1, Trump reversed course and said there would be no further extension, adding confusion to an already volatile trade environment. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed near the flatline, while the Dow fell 165 points. The market reacted sharply to Trump's announcement of a steep 50% tariff on copper imports, sending copper futures soaring more than 10% and lifting shares of producers such as...
The European stock markets closed higher in Tuesday trading as The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.33%, Germany's DAX gained 0.50%, the FTSE 100 advanced 0.54%, France's CAC 40 increased 0.56%, and the Swiss Market Index was up 0.13%. In Germany, calendar and seasonally-adjusted exports declined 1.4% in May, while imports fell 3.8% compared with the previous month, according to the Federal Statistical Office. Compared with a year earlier, exports increased 0.4% and imports rose 4.2%. Meanwhile, the trade balance for May was 18.4 billion euros ($21.6 billion). And in corporate news, UBS made about...
Wall Street's main indexes opened mixed on Tuesday, as investors assessed President Donald Trump's latest tariff offensive, and hoped that upcoming trade talks with trading partners could defuse the threat of a full-blown trade war. At 09:31 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average tab fell 60.05 points, or 0.14%, to 44,339.31, the S&P 500 opens new tab gained 2.58 points, or 0.05%, to 6,233.03 and the Nasdaq Composite opens new tab gained 62.52 points, or 0.31%, to 20,475.03. Source: Reuters
The Hang Seng climbed 260 points or 1.1% to end at 24,148 on Tuesday, closing higher for the first session in four amid broad-based gains led by tech, consumer, and financial stocks. Sentiment improved following a recent pledge from China's top leadership to tighten oversight on aggressive price-cutting by domestic firms, a move analysts say could support a rebound in producer prices and boost long-term corporate earnings. The tech index surged around 1.8% as several firms issued upbeat profit alerts, while consumer shares gained on optimism that subsidies from food delivery platforms in...