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French election jitters threaten to rattle markets, while US tech giants advance. In this week’s wrap, discover how inflation data, global events and hot ASX sectors are shaping the investment landscape this week. In this week’s wrap, Sophia covers: (0:11) key US economic data moving markets (0:28) concerns surrounding the French election (1:36) what to expect from the Bank of Japan’s meeting (1:50) this week’s corporate news roundup(2:29) the ASX200 top performers&n...

US markets advanced overnight after the Fed chairman Jerome Powell stated that policymakers want to see more progress on inflation ahead of a decision to lower rates. US May CPI data also showed inflation continuing to cool, which lifted the market’s expectations that the Federal Reserve will pivo to rate cuts as early as September.It was a strong session on Wall Street with the S&P500 gained 0.85%, closing above 5,400 for the first time. The Nasdaq also hit an all-time high, up 1.53%, wh...

Wall St closed mixed on Tuesday as the Nasdaq closed at fresh highs and investors await for important inflation data. The Dow Jones fell 0.31%, the S&P500 closed 0.27% higher and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended the trading session 0.88% higher as Apple gained 7%, now trading at an all-time high. Over in Europe, markets closed lower as the focus turns towards the Federal Reserve’s next meeting and important inflation data coming out of the US. The STOXX 600 fell 0.9% with all major sector...

Wall St closed higher overnight as investors await the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. The Dow Jones rose 0.18%, the S&P500 rallied 0.26% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended the trading session 0.35% in the green.Over in Europe, markets closed lower as traders react to initial results from the EU Parliament elections. The STOXX600 closed 0.27% lower with losses led by food and beverage stocks which fell 1.27%. Germany’s DAX fell 0.34%, the French CAC lost 1.35% and over in the UK th...

Global markets posted gains in May, particularly in the US with the S&P500 and Nasdaq rising significantly. However, signs of a US economic slowdown, including cooling inflation and lower growth, suggest a potential rate cut by the Federal Reserve as early as July. Europe is also expected to cut rates due to moderate inflation. China showed economic weakness with declining manufacturing activity. Oil prices fell while copper remained stable but is expected to rise. The US's performan...

A rally for the major tech stocks and optimistic rate cut outlook boosted the New York Stock Exchange to a green close overnight with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq advanced 1.2% and 1.96% respectively to post fresh record closes, while the Dow Jones ended the session up 0.25%. JOLTs Job Openings data for April, also released overnight, added to the improved investor sentiment as the reading came in at a decline to 8.059m jobs in April from 8.355m jobs in March which indicates further easing of t...