Geopolitical tensions are back in the spotlight, and Wall Street is starting the week on edge. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump confirmed that the U.S. had carried out airstrikes on Iranian military targets, a clear escalation in an already fragile Middle East. Investors around the world are watching closely, unsure whether this marks the…
The Dow Jones Index (INDEXDJX: .DJI)recorded the second successive decline on Wednesday, dropping 44 points as investors reacted to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments. The central bank retained interest rates in the 4.25-4.50% bracket as largely expected, but Powell highlighted the inflationary pressures of trade tariffs as a key concern. According to Powell,…
Wall Street’s future continues to trade with losses in response to the unconfirmed reports of potential ceasefire talks between the US and Iran. The Dow Jones futures closed yesterday, losing 0.70%. The markets are waiting for a potential meeting between the US and Iran later this week; however, this meeting is not confirmed yet. The…
The world`s capital markets took off with a powerful two-pronged catalyst on May 29, 2025: a landmark U.S. court ruling voiding Trump-era tariffs and an equally important second-quarter earnings release by the AI giant, Nvidia. Setting a tone of global optimism, the DJIA ticked up over 1% in its premarket trade, which permeated through Asian…
The Dow Jones Index futures bumped up in the premarket trading on Thursday as traders reacted to a federal court ruling against President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and upbeat earnings from tech giant, Nvidia. The Index closed Wednesday’s session down by 0.58% after Federal Reserve’s May 6-9 meeting minutes showed that FOMC members were uptight…
The Dow Jones Index closed trading on Friday with its first weekly loss in four weeks, underlined by renewed trade tariff war fears. However, the set up has since changed after US President Donald Trump suspended the 50% tariffs against imports from the EU until at least July 9. Therefore, traders will be back with…
Dow Jones Index ended last week in the red, registering four successive loss-making sessions. The performance was initially triggered by concerns over rising US national debt, and later got exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s threats to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the European Union. That renewed the FUD sentiment previously seen in the market…
The Dow Jones Index declined for the third successive session on Thursday reading 41,860 points at the time of writing, as concerns mount over the health of the US economy. Traders are currently weighing the implications of the House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s tax bill that could potentially add $3.8 trillion to…
The U.S. markets are seeing a mixed session. Nasdaq and the S&P 500 are fetching decent gains lured by a sharp rise in Palantir Technologies (PLTR) while the Down Jones Industrial Average feels a bit weak as healthcare stocks see declines. Palantir Technologies (PLTR): The stock is up by $9.61 (8.11%) at $128.10 on the…
Wall Street just witnessed a financial bloodbath. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) crashed more than 2,000 points this week, as escalating trade tensions under Donald Trump’s new tariff threats triggered the worst stock market sell-off since the 2020 COVID-19 crash. Investor sentiment turned sharply negative as fears of a renewed US-China trade war resurfaced,…
