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US equity markets opened a busy week with sharp gains as investors eye a fresh round of third quarter earnings and inflation data at the end of the week - Dow rose +516-points or +1.12%, with Salesforce Inc (up +4.61%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index.

• US equity markets advanced on Friday (17 October) as investors shook off concerns about the health of the banking sector and mulled comments from President Trump about threatened extra tariffs on Chinese goods - Dow rose +238-points or +0.52% . Apple Inc rose +1.6% after the technology giant said it scored an agreement with Formula 1 to broadcast races and other content exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S. The deal, which begins next year, will include “comprehensive coverage of Formula 1, with all practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix,” as well as select races and all practice sessions for free on Apple TV. Financial terms were not released.

US equity markets retreated, with regional banks under particular pressure - Dow fell -301-points or -0.65%, with Visa Inc (down -2.98%), Nike Inc (2.37%), Walmart Inc (-2.35% after hitting a fresh record intra-day high of US$109.575), JPMorgan Chase & Co (-2.34%) and American Express Co (-2.28%) all declining over >2%.

US equity markets mostly firmer after a volatile session but settled well off their session highs - Dow dipped -17-points or -0.04%, unwinding an earlier rally of ~423-points.

US equity markets mixed as investors digested the first major earnings of the third quarter reporting season, the latest developments in the US-China trade tensions and comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell - Dow rose +203-points or +0.44% Walmart Inc rallied +4.98% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index after the biggest brick-and-mortar retailer said it is partnering with OpenAI to allow customers to buy goods from Walmart through ChatGPT. Caterpillar Inc climbed +4.50%. Nvidia Corp (down -4.40%) was the weakest Dow component overnight.

US equity markets rebounded after President Trump appeared to soften his initial hardline on China that saw him say last Friday (10 October) that he was weighing a "massive increase" in tariffs, and with investors eying the unofficial beginning of the third quarter earnings season tonight AEST - Dow rose +588-points or +1.29%, clawing back ~67% of last Friday’s (10 October) decline. Nike Inc rebounded +3.31% (after dropping -4.17% in the previous session) to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Salesforce Inc both gained +2.93% and were among nine Dow components that gained over >2%. JPMorgan Chase & Co rose +2.35% after the world's biggest bank said it was planning to pump US$1.5 trillion dollars over 10 years into industries seen as critical to U.S. national interests under a programme called the Security and Resiliency Initiative. The plan will focus on four key areas: Supply Chain and Manufacturing; Defence and Aerospace; Energy Independence and Resilience; a

US equity markets fell sharply while US Treasury yields dropped and the U.S. dollar weakened on Friday (10 October) after President Trump said he was weighing a "massive increase" in tariffs on Chinese goods - Dow dropped -879-points or -1.90% to 45,479.60. ‘Magnificent Seven’ mega-capitalisation technology stocks Amazon.com Inc (down -4.99%) and Nvidia Corp (-4.89% to US$183.16, hitting a record intra-day of ) both fell over >4.5% to be the worst performers in the 30s-stock index, while Nike Inc fell -4.17%.

All three (3) major U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Thursday. Dow fell -243-points or -0.52%.

US equity markets rebounded, with the S&P500 and Nasdaq booking fresh record intra-day and closing highs - Dow flat at 46,601.78. Caterpillar Inc (up +3.17%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index. Nvidia Corp rose +2.20% after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang said that demand has risen in recent months, telling CNBC that “this year, particularly the last six months, demand of computing has gone up substantially.” Mr Huang also confirmed the company’s involvement in funding Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, and said that he’s “super excited about the financing opportunity they’re doing.” Investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (-1.66%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-1.19%) fell over >1%.

US equity markets retreated overnight as the US government shutdown entered its second week but not before the S&P500 and Nasdaq scaled fresh record intra-day highs - Dow eased -92-points or -0.20%, with Nike Inc (down -3.18%) the worst performer in the 30-stock index, while Salesforce Inc fell -2.46% after the company said it won’t pay a ransom demand from a hacker who claimed to have stolen a large amount of client data and threatened to publish it, according to an email seen by Bloomberg. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp rose +1.54% following news it was partnering with Anthropic to integrate the artificial intelligence (AI) firm's Claude large language model into its enterprise software. Amazon.com Inc added +0.4% as the e-commerce giant began its two-day Prime Big Deal Days.

US equity markets advanced, with the S&P500 and Nasdaq booking fresh record closing highs despite the U.S. government shutdown entering its sixth day, with the White House threatening mass federal worker layoffs. - Dow eased -63-points or -0.14% Verizon Communications Inc -5.11% after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hans Vestberg stepped down, replaced by independent lead director and former PayPal Inc CEO Dan Schulman. Sherwin-Williams Co (-2.80%). Microsoft Corp (up +2.17%) and Salesforce Inc (+2.25%) rose over >2%, while Boeing Co gained +1.59% after Bloomberg reported that the airplane maker plans to accelerate its production of jets in its 737 Max line. The company could reach a 42-jet output per month for its 737 Maxs as soon as October, the report said.

US equity markets closed out the week on a mixed note albeit the Dow and S&P500 logged fresh record closing highs - Dow rose +239-points or +0.51% to 46,758.28 Nike Inc -3.54% Nvidia Corp lost -0.67% after hitting a record closing (US$188.89) and intra-day (US$191.05) high in the previous session.

US equity indices advanced for a fifth consecutive session, with the three (3) leading indices booking a fresh round of record closing highs amid a global rally for semiconductor stocks after OpenAI announced South Korean firms SK Hynix (+9.86%) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (+3.49%) would partner with the ChatGPT maker on its Stargate AI infrastructure project - Dow added +79-points or +0.17% to 46,519.72, tallying its first five-day winning streak since 2 May and marking the 30-stock index’s second consecutive record closing high and 10th of the calendar year-to-date. Caterpillar Inc rose +2.003% to be the leading Dow component overnight. Nvidia Corp rose +0.88% to a fresh record closing high of US$188.89, hitting a record intra-day high (US$191.05) after the chipmaker’s market capitalisation hit US$4.5 trillion.

US equity markets advanced, with the Dow and S&P500 posting record highs despite the federal government shutting down for the first time in six-years - Dow edged +88-points or +0.19% higher to book a second consecutive record closing high of 46,441.10. Nike Inc gained +6.41% after the athletic retail giant posted better-than-expected headline numbers for the fiscal first quarter after the close of the previous session. Nvidia Corp (+0.35%) hit a fresh record high that lifted the chipmaker’s market capitalisation above >US$4.5 trillion.

Morgans AM - Wednesday, 1 October 2025 by Morgans Financial

US equity markets advanced overnight, shrugging off the potential threat of a US government shutdown and shaping to record an unusually strong September - Dow edged +69-points or +0.15% higher, with Nvidia Corp (up +2.05%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index. Chevron Corp (down -2.53%) was the weakest Dow component.

US equity markets advanced on Friday (26 September), snapping a three session losing streak following benign - Dow rose +300-points or +0.65% Boeing Co (up +3.62%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index on Friday (26 September) after the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed a report the plane maker will be allowed to issue airworthiness certificates on some of its 737 Max and 787 jets. The eased restrictions, which enable the company to conduct the final safety check on certain aircraft, could help Boeing accelerate production and delivery schedules. In addition, Turkish Airlines finalised a deal to purchase 225 Boeing planes following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to the U.S. last week.

US equity markets retreated, with the S&P500 and Nasdaq declining for a third consecutive session - Dow fell -174-points or -0.38%, with Amgen Inc (-2.88%), Nike Inc (-2.78%) and Merck & Co Inc (-2.6%) all falling over >2.5%.International Business Machines (IBM) Corp gained +5.20% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index after financial partner HSBC Holdings Plc said it had a "positive trial" using quantum computers from "Big Blue" for algorithmic bond trading.

US equity markets retreated for a second straight session, with investors booking some profits in the technology sector - Dow fell -172-points or -0.37% Amgen Inc -2.65% Goldman Sachs Group Inc (-1.72%) and International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (-1.73%) both fell ~1.7%.

US equity markets retreated from record highs, snapping a three-session streak that saw the three main indices post record intra-day and closing highs - Dow slipped -89-points or -0.19% to 46,292.78 after logging a fresh record intra-day high (46,447.13) shortly after the opening bell. Amazon.com Inc (down -3.04%) was the worst performer in the 30-stock index. The company squaring off against the Federal Trade Commission in court after the agency filed a lawsuit during the Biden administration alleging the company made it too onerous for customers to cancel their Prime memberships. Nvidia Corp fell -2.82% to US$178.43, handing back much of the previous session’s +3.93% gain that lifted the chipmaker to record closing high (US$183.61) after the company said it’s going to invest US$100B in OpenAI - the maker of ChatGPT - for the buildout of data centres based around the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Boeing Co ( -0.26%) inked a lucrative contract to make planes for Uzbekistan Airways that Presid