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Investing.com — U.S. stock futures were trading steady during Monday's evening deals, following a positive session among major benchmark averages as market participants braced for further earnings from major companies throughout the week.

Wall Street ticked higher to start a week full of updates on where interest rates and profits for the stock market’s most influential companies are heading

Investing.com — The Dow closed Monday, extending its daily win streak to an eleventh-straight gain, supported by a rally in energy as investors continue to digest better-than-expected quarterly results of reports from big tech and the Federal Reserve decision this week.

Investing.com — The S&P 500 rose Monday, underpinned by a rally in energy as investors continue to digest better-than-expected quarterly results of reports from big tech and the Federal Reserve decision this week.

Wall Street is ticking higher to start a week full of updates on where interest rates and profits for the stock market’s most influential companies are heading

Wall Street drifted to a mixed closed but still marked another weekly gain

Back in 1998 and 2011, the Nasdaq 100 index faced a similar problem it faces today. First, with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) making up more than 25% of the entire basket, and later with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) taking up 20% of the index.

Investing.com — U.S. stocks were rising to start the week, which features another batch of corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.10 points, or 0.01%, at the open to 35,230.79. The S&P 500 opened higher by 7.05 points, or 0.16%, at 4,543.39, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 48.83 points, or 0.35%, to 14,081.63 at the opening bell.

(Reuters) — Wall Street's main indexes crept higher at the open on Monday as investors braced for earnings from megacap growth and technology companies, while focusing on a rate decision from the Federal Reserve later this week.

S&P 500 (SPX) gained 0.7% last week although the bulls weren’t able to secure a strong weekly close after printing a fresh 15-month-high. Still, the last week marked the eighth green weekly candle for the S&P 500 in the last 10 weeks as the generative AI frenzy keeps fueling the equities bull run.

European bonds gained and the euro plunged versus the dollar after a sharp decline in manufacturing and services gauges from the common-currency region fanned concerns about the faltering global economy.  

It’s shaping up to be a pivotal week for global stocks, as companies with a combined $27 trillion market value gear up to report quarterly earnings. As Netflix Inc. and Tesla Inc. showed last week, the pressure is on — to deliver or face a sharp selloff.

₹3,370.90 crore in the purchase on Friday, while DIIs sold shares for a net total of ₹193.02 crore.Dr V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services: The near-term market trend will be influenced by a host of factors like the recent Q1 results, some major results expected this week and policy decisions like the Fed meeting outcome on Wednesday.Q1 results of RIL, though a tad disappointing on top and bottom line, are good when viewed from the perspective of the growth engines of the company - Jio Infocom and Reliance Retail - which are doing well and shows promise of improving, going forward. ICICI Bank has delivered the best results in the banking universe with 40% growth in net profit and impressive loan growth.

markets snapped their record run towards the end of last week, let down by IT stocks. In the current week, all eyes will be on the US Fed and ECB policy meetings.Investors would also take cues from various macro data that would be released. Further, banking stocks will be in focus after a slew of earnings on Saturday. «With the result season picking up pace, we expect a lot of stock-specific action and provide direction to domestic equities in the coming week,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.Option data suggests a shift in trading range in between 19500 to 20200 zones while an immediate trading range in between 19600 to 20000 zones. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a negative startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 37.5 points, or 0.19 per cent, lower at 19,729, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for negative start on Monday.

By Wayne Cole

Investing.com — U.S. stock futures were trading in a mixed fashion during Sunday's evening deals, following a similarly mixed week amongst major benchmark averages as market participants processed a slew of quarterly earnings results from major companies.

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That was evident Thursday, when the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index dropped by the most in five months as disappointing earnings reports from Netflix Inc. and Tesla Inc. dampened the outlook for the sector.

Investing.com — The Dow eked out a win Friday, notching its 10th-straight weekly gain and extending its longest win streak since 2017, led by a climb in defensive corners of the market including utilities amid cautious trading ahead of quarterly results from big tech next week.

MSCI India moving up 13%, when MSCI World index was up only 4% and MSCI EM down 1%. India is the second-best performing market since April 2023, coming behind the Japanese Nikkei which is up 15%, tipping NASDAQ which is up 12%. (Source: Bloomberg) India’s economic and earnings growth strength, coupled with a possible recession in the US are the two key reasons behind India’s outperformance and we are hopeful that this outperformance should continue due to 3 reasons.