NASDAQ Financial News

Investing.com — US stock futures were trading higher during Monday's evening deals, with investors bracing for fresh earnings results from major tech companies.

Investing.com — The S&P 500 climbed Monday as retreating Treasury yields paved the way for tech stocks to advance ahead of the quarterly earnings from big tech this week.

Wall Street's main indexes fell at the open on Monday as the yield on the benchmark U.S.

At the start of the new trading week, major technology stocks are falling, also driving the U.S. equity futures lower, as the 10-year Treasury yield crossed 5% for the first time in 16 years.

Is an end-of-year rally in the cards?

I'll leave the chat on the daily time frames for later this week, but last Friday's damage has left markets struggling on a weekly time frame. It's not all doom and gloom, but come this week's Friday, there will need to be some buying flourish if we are not to start looking for support dating back to the end of 2022 (or worse for the Russell 2000).

Investing.com — Rising U.S. Treasury yields continue to weigh on stock markets at the start of a week that includes the release of earnings from a number of tech giants. Crude slips back as aid enters Gaza, while Apple is under pressure as its main supplier, Foxconn, faces a tax probe in China.

By Wayne Cole

Investing.com — US stock futures ticked higher on Sunday night following significant weekly declines among major benchmark averages, as market participants braced for a fresh deluge of earnings results from major tech companies including Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

Middle East clouded sentiment in a week laden with data on U.S. growth and inflation as well as earnings from some of the world's largest tech companies. Washington warned over the weekend of a significant risk to U.S. interests in the region as ally Israel pounded Gaza and clashes on its border with Lebanon intensified. The European Central Bank and Bank of Canada also hold policy meetings and, while no hikes are expected, investors will be sensitive to guidance on futures moves. A recent surge in bond yields has tightened monetary conditions without the central banks having to do anything, allowing the Federal Reserve to signal it will likely stay on hold at its policy meeting next week.

Global market, including India, will take further cues from geopolitical developments, oil prices and bond yield fluctuations, along with earnings of major companies. “We expect earnings season to pick up pace in a truncated week which would direct the market trend along with global cues. On the global front, ECB (European Central Bank) will announce interest rate decision this week," Siddhartha Khemka, Head – Retail Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, said.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday to cap a losing week as investors worried about more interest rate hikes and the Israel-Hamas conflict spreading.

A triple whammy for indexes and one where bears took all the plaudits. The Russell 2000 (IWM) experienced an ugly distribution day that drove through the prior spike low. We now have a crash opportunity that could spill into the weekly time frame.

interest rate hikes and the Israel-Hamas conflict spreading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell more than 1% each. All of the S&P 500 index's 11 sectors ended lower in broad-based selling, with technology and financials among the biggest drags. Israel leveled a northern Gaza district as its conflict with Hamas intensified.

Market Movers rounded up the latest reactions on Amazon from investors and analysts.

The past week marked the anniversary of the ongoing bull market. Over the last 12 months, the S&P 500 index has surged by more than 15%, while the Nasdaq has recorded a remarkable 23.5% increase.

By Shubham Batra and Shashwat Chauhan

Investing.com — U.S. Treasury yields soar to the highest levels since the financial crisis after a speech by Fed chair Jerome Powell, dragging stocks lower. Crude rises as the U.S. looks to refill its strategic reserves, while U.K. retail sales slumped in September.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with shares of Tesla down sharply and Treasury yields surging after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke about monetary policy and investors worried whether rates would stay higher for longer. Tesla shares dropped a day after the carmaker missed Wall Street expectations on third-quarter gross margin, profit and revenue, and its CEO Elon Musk said he was concerned about high interest rates affecting demand. Treasury yields rose further and the benchmark 10-year note yield was at a 16-year high of almost 5%. «The 10-year looks like it's establishing a new higher trend, which… is putting pressure on equities, at least in the short term,» said Oliver Pursche, senior vice president, advisor for Wealthspire Advisors in Westport, Connecticut. «Markets were hoping that Jay Powell would indicate that the Fed is going to pause in its interest rate hikes, and he effectively hinted at the idea that they're going to have to raise again if they continue to have elevated concerns over inflation.» Powell said at the Economic Club in New York that U.S.

«Escalating situations in the Middle East would likely keep market sentiments subdued. Thus, we advise investors to stay cautious in the near term,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions: STATE OF THE MARKETS GIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a negative start GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded lower by 45 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 19510, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for negative start on Friday.

Investing.com — Stock futures dipped on Thursday evening, following a negative performance among major indices as Powell's speech hinted at the possibility of higher rates and slower economic growth needed to tame persistent inflation.