Wall Street Daily Brief

Futures Rebound

• 🔥 Positive Futures: Nasdaq-100 futures rose 0.45%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.14%, and Dow futures rose 0.04% after last week's...

Markets are balancing geopolitical risks with earnings optimism, as futures rebound despite last week's losses and U.S.-Iran clashes.

• Last week's...

The S&P 500 fell about 1% Friday as semiconductor stocks dropped roughly 2%, approaching their lower Bollinger Band with RSI near 41 and still...

Futures Movement

• 🔥 Stock Futures Edge Higher: Nasdaq-100 futures rose 0.45%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.14%, and Dow futures rose 0.04% in choppy...

Travelers (TRV) jumped 9.22% to lead S&P 500 gainers today, with strong momentum across financials.

• TRV +9.22% (Financials), ALL +3.32%, AIG...

S&P 500 holds an ascending triangle with support at 6983-7000, keeping bullish breakout potential alive.

• Nasdaq 100 forms a descending triangle,...

Forward EPS forecasts hit $373/share, up 32% YoY—the strongest growth since the pandemic and financial crisis, yet without prior massive cuts.

• All...

Index Performance

• Friday Closes: Nasdaq fell 1.4%, S&P 500 dropped 1%, and Dow declined 407 points (0.77%).
• Weekly Results: Dow fell 0.4%, S&P...

Chip weakness combined with Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 breakthrough fueled a broad tech selloff, hitting Nasdaq and retirement accounts while the Dow...

• Escalating Iran war with no negotiations pushed oil to $82.
• S&P 500 ended week at 7,456, down 2.1% from ATH.
• Kospi fell 8% weekly to 6,820, now down 25% from highs and in bear market.

Index Performance

• Nasdaq Leads Declines: Nasdaq Composite fell 1.47% to 25,881.95 while S&P 500 lost 0.51% to 7,533.77 and Dow Jones dropped...

SPY and QQQ closed lower on Thursday as Iran's call for Houthi disruption of shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb strait – handling 9% of global seaborne oil flows – heightened uncertainty ahead of President Trump's primetime address tonight.

• Nasdaq fell 1.5% to 25,881 as semis dropped 4.3%.
• S&P 500 slipped 0.5% to 7,533 on tech weakness.
• Dow limited decline to 0.2% at 52,553 thanks to UnitedHealth's 1.2% gain.
• TSM results spooked memory names like MU (-5.7%) and SNDK (-12.6%).

Market rotation from narrow AI leadership to broader participation is underway, with earnings strength validating the shift.

• S&P 500 rose 0.04%,...

Chip stocks led Thursday's decline, with TSMC, Sandisk, and SK Hynix plunging early as tech futures slid. The SMH ETF dropped over 4%, putting the...

The percentage of S&P 500 stocks trading above their 200-day moving average has reached 68.6%, the highest level since February and a sign of improving market participation.

Index Performance

• S&P 500: Ended 0.35% higher at 7,570.30 after closing up 0.4% in one report.
• Dow Jones: Closed 0.26% higher at 52,647.23 and...

Market Closes

• 🔥 S&P 500 and Nasdaq Advance: The S&P 500 rose 0.38% and the Nasdaq gained 0.90% on cooler inflation data and bank earnings.
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Pre-market futures showed mixed signals as IBM plunged over 22% on a sharp revenue miss, offsetting hopes for cooler CPI data.

• Dow futures fell...

• Cooler CPI drove gains: June inflation fell to 3.5% YoY (vs. 3.8% expected) and core to 2.6%, easing Fed hike odds.
• S&P 500 rose 0.38%, Nasdaq...