Nvidia-led energy boost sends major indices to record! What now? | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote

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We knew that yesterday was going to be a good day – at least for the stock markets, as enthusiasm around Nvidia spilled over global equity markets, with US, European and Japanese stocks hitting ATH.
The cheery mood in the global stock markets was completely decoupled with the gloomy mood in the sovereign space. The US 2 and 10-year yields rose yesterday because some more Federal Reserve (Fed) members warned about cutting the US rates too early and too much. Yesterday’s stronger-than-expected manufacturing and housing data came as further evidence that the US economy doesn’t necessarily need rate cuts in a rush. But the US dollar appetite was nowhere to be found, the dollar index remains offered into the 100-DMA and the EURUSD shortly tested its 50-DMA – near 1.0883 – to the upside yesterday and is trying to clear its 200-DMA sustainably.
In energy, US crude advanced to $79 per barrel yesterday after a lower-than-expected jump in US oil inventories last week, while nat gas futures are having a hard time rebounding after a dip to 1.55.
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