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Markets mixed after Wall Street rally - 25.8.2025

Markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Ara Zohrabian
Ara Zohrabian
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Todays’ Market Summary

  • The Dollar weakening has halted
  • US stock indexes futures are down currently
  • Gold prices are retracing down currently

Top daily news

Equity indexes are trading in different directions currently after Wall Street rallied on Friday as fed chair Powell signaled at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium more openness to cut interest rates. Apple shares rose 1.27%, Tesla shares rallied 6.2% on Friday outperforming market as Elon Musk asked people on Friday in a post on X to join his artificial intelligence company xAI in an effort to take on software giant Microsoft.

Forex news

The Dollar weakening has halted presently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, fell 0.9% on Friday.

Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD reversed their sliding on Friday. Both euro and Pound are lower against the dollar currently. AUD/USD reversed its sliding while USD/JPY reversed its climbing on Friday with the yen lower against the Greenback currently and the Australian dollar higher still.

Stock Market news

US stock indexes futures are down currently after Wall Street closed sharply higher on Friday. The three main stock benchmarks recorded daily gains in a range from 1.5% to 1.9% as Fed chair Powell opened the door to a possible interest rate cut at the US central bank’s meeting next month saying “the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance” after noting that challenges to employment are growing and could materialize quickly in the form of layoffs.

European stock index futures are retreating today after closing higher on Friday led by mining, autos and travel shares. Asian stock indexes futures are mixed currently with Australia’s ASX 200 index leading losses while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index trades near a four-year high buoyed mainly by gains in local tech and chipmaking stocks.

Commodity Market news

Brent is edging higher currently. Prices ended marginally higher on Friday after Ukraine said the previous day it hit a Russian oil refinery and the Unecha oil pumping station, a critical part of Russia’s Europe-bound Druzhba oil pipeline. US West Texas Intermediate WTI futures ended 0.2% higher and are higher currently. Brent added 0.1% to $67.73 a barrel on Friday.

Gold Market News

Gold prices are retracing down currently . Prices reversed their sliding on Friday: spot gold rose 0.97% to $3371.20 an ounce.

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