By Wayne Cole and Harry Robertson SYDNEY/LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – U.S. futures ticked higher and European stocks traded near record highs on Monday as the potential for increased energy supplies pulled down oil prices, while investors awaited a crucial earnings season for the AI sector. While there were no new developments in the fractious…
Summary The markets soared in the first half of 2026, with the S&P 500 up 9%. Can the momentum continue? At Argus, we think the bull still has some life. In fact, in our “base case” for the second half of the year, we see the S&P 500 gaining another 5%-7%. We also have a…
Summary We have different ways of looking at market valuations. Most are signaling that stocks are reasonably valued, but not bargains. Our asset-allocation model, the Stock/Bond Barometer, suggests that the two major portfolio asset classes are near parity for valuation. The model goes back to 1960 and takes into account the likes of real-time price…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – U.S. hedge funds sold tech hardware stocks for a fourth week in a row, according to a client note from Goldman Sachs on Friday, in line with a recent decline in global chip shares and just before many of these companies will report earnings. Tech shares and…
Summary This is a generally quiet week. Earnings season kicks off next week (though there are a few headliners this week), while the release of the minutes of the Fed’s last meeting highlight the current economic calendar. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq all rose 1%. Year to…
By Phoebe Seers LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s financial regulator has been urged to consider regulation of large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini because of their growing influence on consumer financial decisions. In a review commissioned by the Financial Conduct Authority and published on Monday, the watchdog’s executive director, Sheldon Mills,…
July 6 (Reuters) – South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix on Monday launched a U.S. share sale to raise 43 trillion won ($28.07 billion) and drew indications of interest for up to $7 billion from major investors, as it capitalises on the global AI boom with one of the world’s largest new share sales. Baillie Gifford…
By Anna Szymanski July 6 (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Anna Szymanski, Editor-in-Charge, Reuters Open Interest Markets began the week on a mixed note, with Asian shares easing and Wall Street futures ticking up before the bell on Monday ahead of the first wave of second-quarter earnings reports this…
September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU26) are up +0.48%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +1.10% this morning, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street after the long weekend. Stock index futures were supported by a rebound in technology stocks at the start of a week that will once again test investors’…
US stock futures rose following a record-setting week for the Dow, with tech and hardware stocks driving the gains. Futures linked to the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose 0.5% as contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) jumped 1.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) traded flat Last week saw strong gains across the three major…
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