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Massive Moves: Record Deals, FDA Wins & Crypto Mania Propel Top Stock Gainers (Sep 29, 2025)

Record Rally Stalls as Fed Cut Bets Soar and Earnings Loom

After a streak of record-setting gains, Wall Street’s rally took a breather heading into the weekend. On Wednesday the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched all-time closing highs, but Thursday saw a mild pullback across major indicesnasdaq.com. The S&P 500 dipped about 0.3% Thursday, the Dow fell 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1%econotimes.com, pausing a record-breaking tech-driven surge. High-flying semiconductor and AI stocks led the dip – for instance, Dell Technologies tumbled -5% and Micron -2% amid profit-takingnicoop.com. Even with that consolidation, the uptrend remains intact: the S&P and Nasdaq are still near historic peaks, buoyed by a three-year bull market largely led by Big Tech. Nvidia’s stock, in particular, has skyrocketed as the company’s chips fuel the AI boomnasdaq.com. Other stalwarts like Broadcom and Alphabet have posted enormous multi-year gains as wellnasdaq.com. This week’s slight stumble has done little to dent those outsized advances – Nvidia was trading at fresh all-time highs early Fridaynasdaq.com.
10 October 2025
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Asian Markets Routed by Tariff Shock and Rate Jitters – Weekly Wrap-Up

Asian Markets Routed by Tariff Shock and Rate Jitters – Weekly Wrap-Up

Asian equities ended the week on a downbeat note, with virtually all major bourses in negative territory by Friday’s close. The sell-off was widespread, triggered by a mix of global headwinds. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.87% to 45,354.99 on Friday, snapping a three-day rally english.news.cn. Notably, it closed at the day’s low as traders reacted to U.S. policy signals and trade worries. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index sank 1.4% to 26,128 scmp.com, marking its first weekly decline in September amid a pullback from recent highs. The tech-heavy Hang Seng Tech Index fared even worse, plummeting 2.9% on the day scmp.com. Over in mainland China, benchmark indexes also lost ground – the Shanghai Composite slipped 0.7%, while the blue-chip CSI 300 index dropped about 1.0% scmp.com. These declines erased what had been gains earlier in the month; the Hang Seng, for instance, had hit a four-year peak last week before reversing course scmp.com. Elsewhere in East Asia, South Korea’s Kospi suffered one of the steepest drops. The Kospi tumbled 2.45% on Friday to 3,386.05 koreajoongangdaily.joins.com koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, sinking below the 3,400 level for the first time in 10 trading days. This sharp fall – the Kospi’s worst single-day loss in
27 September 2025
August PCE Inflation Rises Again – Is the Fed’s Rate Cut Plan in Jeopardy?

August PCE Inflation Rises Again – Is the Fed’s Rate Cut Plan in Jeopardy?

PCE Inflation Report and Market Impact on September 26, 2025 The latest Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation report shows that price pressures picked up slightly in August. According to the Commerce Department data released on September 26, the overall PCE price index was up 2.7% in August 2025 compared to a year earlier wtop.com. That marks a gentle increase from the 2.6% annual inflation rate in July, and is the fastest year-over-year PCE inflation reading since February. In practical terms, American consumers in August paid on average 2.7% more for the basket of goods and services than they did in August 2024. While that rise is modest by historical standards, it does indicate a second consecutive month of accelerating inflation, after prices had been decelerating earlier in the year.
26 September 2025
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Tariff Shocks & Rate Jitters Ignite Wild 48 Hours in European Markets

Tariff Shocks & Rate Jitters Ignite Wild 48 Hours in European Markets

German DAX index graph at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, reflecting volatile mid-week trading reuters.com. European equities seesawed over the two days, buffeted by transatlantic trade tensions and shifting rate expectations. On Thursday Sept. 25, the STOXX Europe 600 index dropped 0.7%, touching levels not seen in three weeks reuters.com. Almost every major bourse closed in the red reuters.com as traders digested a slew of worrying signals: fresh U.S. trade investigations into high-tech imports, surprisingly robust U.S. economic data, and guarded comments from central bankers. By Friday Sept. 26, however, markets regained footing – the STOXX 600 ticked up roughly +0.3% by midday reuters.com and was on track to finish the eventful week slightly higher brecorder.com. The late-week relief came as investors pivoted to bargain-hunting in financial and industrial shares and awaited key U.S. inflation data for clues on interest rates reuters.com.
26 September 2025
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Global Markets on Edge as Fed Rate Decision Nears: Asia Optimistic, West Cautious

Fed’s First Rate Cut Since 2024 Sparks Market Whiplash – Dow Rallies as Tech Stocks Tumble

Wall Street wrapped up September 17 with a split decision. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.56% to close around 46,013 reuters.com, extending its uptrend thanks in part to strength in financial and industrial stocks. The S&P 500 eased 0.1% to ~6,600 reuters.com, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.33% to ~22,261 reuters.com. Earlier in the session, all three indices seesawed between gains and losses as traders reacted in real-time to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and Powell’s commentary. Notably, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had been at record highs just a day or two prior, buoyed by optimism around a potential Fed pivot and booming AI-driven stocks nasdaq.com nasdaq.com. That set the stage for some profit-taking once the news hit. Sector performance reflected a tug-of-war between rate-sensitive stocks and growth tech names. The Fed’s rate cut typically benefits interest-sensitive sectors like utilities, real estate, and financials by easing borrowing costs. Indeed, those areas had been under pressure when yields spiked earlier, and their decline on Tuesday hinted at that sensitivity nasdaq.com. On Wednesday, sectors like utilities and real estate stabilized somewhat after the cut, while technology and communication services lagged due to some high-profile disappointments. The
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  • KOSPI Sinks to 7,769 After Semis Rout, KRX Hits Sidecar After Futures Drop
    July 1, 2026, 10:09 PM EDT. KOSPI tumbled under 8,000 on July 2, triggering a sell-side sidecar at the Korea Exchange (KRX) when futures lost 5% or more for over a minute. The index slid 6.43% to 7,769.16 in just minutes as semiconductor names like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, making up half the index, got hit hard. This is another trading pause for 2026, a year already eclipsing 2008 for volatility, with nearly 30 sidecars and five circuit breakers so far. Heavy losses in global chips showed up in U.S. trading too, as the VanEck Semiconductor ETF slid 5.4%. Investors stayed on edge with big moves still hitting this semiconductor-heavy market.
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