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Stocks Slip as Tech Wobble Returns; Layoffs Spike and Tariff Showdown Clouds Outlook — Stock Market Today (Nov. 6, 2025)

US Stock Market Today (Nov. 7, 2025): Late Rebound Leaves Wall Street Mixed as Shutdown Talks Stir Hopes; Jobs Report Scrapped and Consumer Sentiment Sinks

Key takeaways Market snapshot: a bruising week ends with a tentative exhale Wall Street’s Friday session started risk‑off but improved into the close as dip‑buyers stepped in on chatter that Senate Democrats floated a pared‑back plan to reopen the government. That headline support helped the S&P 500 and Dow finish roughly unchanged while the Nasdaq stayed in the red, leaving the tech‑heavy gauge still on pace for its worst week since April. Wall Street Journal+2Bloomberg+2 Under the surface, the week’s story remained the same: expensive tech and AI beneficiaries drove most of the downside, with semiconductors and mega‑cap platforms bearing
Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Trade Deal Hopes Ignite Global Rally Global stock markets are surging on mere hopes of a U.S.-China trade peace. Over the weekend, high-level talks yielded “significant advances” toward an agreement to resolve the long-running trade war ts2.tech. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described a “very substantial framework” now in place, and China’s negotiator Li Chenggang said both sides reached a preliminary consensus toward a deal ts2.tech ts2.tech. While no agreement is signed yet, the prospect of a truce has been enough to send markets to new heights torre.news. Presidents Trump and Xi are slated to meet Thursday (Oct. 30) in
Gold Price Surges Past $3,800; Silver Nears 14-Year High on Fed-Cut and Shutdown Fears

Gold Price Surges Past $3,800; Silver Nears 14-Year High on Fed-Cut and Shutdown Fears

Gold and silver continue to ride a historic rally as investors seek safe assets amid uncertainty. By early Sept 30, spot gold hovered around $3,800/oz, having eased off record highs hit earlier in the week reuters.com reuters.com. U.S. gold futures (December delivery) traded near $3,828 reuters.com. The metal’s surge accelerated on Sept 29 – gold briefly spiked to $3,833.37/oz (a new all-time intraday high) reuters.com before a slight pullback. Silver also climbed sharply, reaching about $46.85/oz on Sept 29 (its strongest level in over 14 years) reuters.com and remaining near the mid-$40s the next day reuters.com. Platinum touched a 12-year
Wall Street Surges: Tech Stocks Rally and Big Deals Outshine Shutdown Fears

Wall Street Surges: Tech Stocks Rally and Big Deals Outshine Shutdown Fears

Key Developments (Sept 29–30, 2025): Major U.S. stock indexes rallied into the last week of September, with the Nasdaq Composite +0.5%, S&P 500 +0.3% and Dow +0.15% on Monday reuters.com investopedia.com. Investors largely brushed off worries about a looming U.S. government shutdown (funding runs out Sept. 30), focusing instead on resilient economic data and a hoped-for Fed rate cut reuters.com reuters.com. Safe-havens like gold spiked to all-time highs (gold ≈$3,860/oz) investopedia.com, and the dollar and yields retreated as traders hedged into bonds investopedia.com reuters.com. Tech and growth sectors led gains (e.g. Nvidia +2%) investopedia.com, while blockbuster deals energized M&A sentiment:
30 September 2025
Tariff Tsunami, Tech Tumble & Peace Talk Buzz – Global Business Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

Tariff Tsunami, Tech Tumble & Peace Talk Buzz – Global Business Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

Nvidia shares plunged on August 19, 2025, as part of a tech-led market selloff that dragged the Nasdaq about 1.5% lower. Futures priced in at least two 25-basis-point Fed rate cuts by year-end, while the U.S. 10-year yield eased to about 4.31% after hitting multi-year highs. On August 19, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump met Ukraine’s President and signaled the United States would help guarantee Ukraine’s security in any peace accord. New Zealand’s central bank cut rates by 25 basis points to 3.00% on August 20, 2025, sending the New Zealand dollar to around $0.584. Banco do Brasil fell about
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