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Futures Highlights

Daily commodity and index futures are showing a mix of slight gains and minor declines. The energy markets are soft while most equity indexes are nudging higher.

• 🔴 Crude Oil: 68.80 (–0.13 | –0.19%)

• 🔴 Natural Gas: 4.0820 (–0.0480 | –1.16%)

• 🟢 Gold: 2925.20 (+6.40 | +0.22%)

• 🟢 Dow: 43781.00 (+91.00 | +0.21%)

• 🟢 S&P 500: 5996.25 (+26.25 | +0.44%)

• 🟢 Nasdaq 100: 21288.75 (+139.75 | +0.66%)

• 🟢 Russell 2000: 2183.00 (+6.70 | +0.31%)

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Forex & Bonds Highlights

The forex and bond markets experienced modest fluctuations today, with the U.S. dollar showing mixed performance against major currencies and treasury yields all falling. Overall, slight losses in the currency pairs and more significant declines in the treasury yields underscore a cautious market sentiment.

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0491 (–0.0022 | –0.20%)

• 🟢 USD/JPY: 149.35 (+0.33 | +0.22%)

• ⚪ GBP/USD: 1.2657 (–0.0006 | –0.04%)

• 🔴 BTC/USD: 87489.30 (–1078.60 | –1.22%)

• 🔴 5-Year Treasury: 4.133 (–0.097 | –2.29%)

• 🔴 10-Year Treasury: 4.298 (–0.095 | –2.16%)

• 🔴 30-Year Treasury: 4.557 (–0.091 | –1.96%)

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Major News Highlights

The major stocks are trading in a wide range today—from robust gains by a few to steep declines by others. Sorted from the biggest winners to the biggest losers, this list highlights the most notable moves in the market.

• 🟢 BABA: (Change: +3.85%)

• 🟢 LOW: (Change: +2.24%)

• 🟢 BUD: (Change: +0.48%)

• 🟢 GM: (Change: +0.30%)

• ⚪ AMZN: (Change: +0.04%)

• ⚪ AAPL: (Change: –0.02%)

• 🔴 TTE: (Change: –0.35%)

• 🔴 BP: (Change: –1.51%)

• 🔴 MSFT: (Change: –1.51%)

• 🔴 META: (Change: –1.59%)

• 🔴 GOOG: (Change: –2.11%)

• 🔴 GOOGL: (Change: –2.14%)

• 🔴 WDAY: (Change: –2.52%)

• 🔴 NVDA: (Change: –2.80%)

• 🔴 TSLA: (Change: –8.39%)

• 🔴 SMCI: (Change: –11.76%)

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