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Equities down after Wall Street dip - 27.1.2025
Todays’ Market Summary
- The Dollar weakening has reversed
- US stock indexes futures are down currently
- Brent is inching higher currently.
- Gold prices are lower currently
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Global equity indexes are pointing mostly lower currently after US stocks retreated on Friday following mixed corporate reports. Texas Instruments shares tumbled 7.5% underperforming market after analog chip maker’s disappointing guidance as the company’s major markets - involving auto and industrial end markets accounting for over 70% of its sales - show no signs of recovery, Facebook parent Meta climbed 3.2% after chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company would invest up to $65 billion in 2025 in new artificial intelligence infrastructure, including a datacentre “so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan.”
Forex news
| Currency Pair | Change |
| EUR/USD | -0.1% |
| GBP/USD | -0.4% |
| USD/JPY | +0.5% |
| AUD/USD | +0.1% |
The Dollar weakening has reversed currently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, ended 0.7% lower on Friday.
Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD accelerated their advancing on Friday while SP Global’s PMI data showed euro area private sector returned to growth in January. Both euro and Pound are lower against the Dollar currently. USD/JPY slowed its sliding while AUD/USD accelerated its climbing on Friday with the yen lower against the Greenback currently and Australian dollar flat.
Stock Market news
| Indices | Change |
| DJI | -0.8% |
| NIKKEI | -3.1% |
| HK50 | +3.0% |
| AU200 | -0.8% |
US stock indexes futures are down currently after dipping on Friday amid mixed quarterly reports. The three main US stock benchmarks recorded daily losses in the range from -0.5% to -0.3% on the last trading day of the first week after President-elect Donald Trump took office.
European stock futures are lower currently after closing mixed on Friday. Asian stock indexes futures are mostly lower today with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index defying the trend despite weaker than expected purchasing managers index data from China.
Commodity Market news
| Commodities | Change |
| #C-BRENT | +0.1% |
| OIL | +0.2% |
Brent is inching higher currently. Prices ended marginally higher on Friday as president Trump on Friday reiterated his call for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut oil prices to hurt oil-rich Russia's finances and help bring an end to the war in Ukraine. US West Texas Intermediate WTI added 0.05% and is higher currently. Brent rose 0.27% to $78.50 a barrel on Friday. For the week Brent lost 2.8% and WTI fell 4.1%.
Gold Market News
| Metals | Change |
| Gold | -0.1% |
Gold prices are lower currently . Prices resumed their climbing on Friday: spot gold gained 0.58% to $2770.88 an ounce.
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