On Tuesday, U.S. economic data was mixed, with consumer confidence increasing, but the JOLTS job openings unexpectedly hitting a three-and-a-half-year low, causing the Dow and small-cap stocks to fall, while the S&P and Nasdaq turned positive, with the Nasdaq reaching a new high during the session. The semiconductor index rose by over 2%. Automobile stocks performed poorly, with Ford falling by more than 8%. Positive earnings reports led to Google's stock surging by over 6% after hours, while AMD's stock fell by 8% after hours due to disappointing guidance.
The China concept index turned negative, falling by more than 1%. The offshore yuan fell through 7.16 yuan before recovering its losses.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a three-month high during the session, and the seven-year Treasury auction was strong. By the time U.S. stocks closed, U.S. Treasury yields turned negative.
The Japanese yen hit a three-month low. Bitcoin broke through $73,000, approaching its historical high.
Oil prices rose by more than $1 before turning negative. Gold hit a new high.
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In the Asian session, the ChiNext index fell by more than 2%, with merger and reorganization concept stocks performing strongly, and government bond futures closing higher across the board.
U.S. Market: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down by 0.36%, the S&P 500 Index rose by 0.16%. The Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.78%, reaching a historical high during the session. AMD (AMD.O) rose by 3.9%, Google A (GOOGL.O) rose by 1.8%. The NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index closed down by 1.4%, XPeng Inc. (XPEV.N) fell by 4%.
European Market: European stock indices closed lower across the board, with the German DAX 30 Index closing down by 0.27%; the FTSE 100 Index closed down by 0.8%; the EURO STOXX 50 Index closed down by 0.4%.
Commodity Market: Amidst the uncertainty of conflicts in the Middle East and continued market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut, spot gold continued to set historical highs, rising by more than 1% during the session,刷新ing the historical high to $2,774.69, and ultimately closing up by 1.17%, at $2,774.40 per ounce. Spot silver closed up by 2.33%, at $34.45 per ounce.It is reported that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is attempting to resolve the Lebanon war issue through diplomatic means, with crude oil continuing its downward trend. WTI crude oil once rose to an intraday high of $68.33 before the US market session, but then gave up all intraday gains and turned to a decline, ultimately closing down 0.78% at $67.31 per barrel; Brent crude closed down 0.82% at $71.00 per barrel.
Foreign exchange market: On Tuesday, the US Dollar Index first rose and then fell, reaching an intraday high of 104.64 at one point, but then gave up all intraday gains and turned to a decline, ultimately closing down 0.03% at 104.28. US Treasury yields retreated somewhat, with the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield closing at 4.256%; the two-year US Treasury yield, which is more sensitive to monetary policy, closed at 4.100%.
Bitcoin surged by more than 3% during the day and once approached its previous historical high, but has since pulled back, trading at $72,274 per coin.
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