Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Tuesday tedium

US equity indexes mostly closed on a positive note, SPX +4pts (0.1%) at 6309. Nasdaq comp' -0.4%. Dow +0.4%. The Transports settled +1.7%. R2K +0.9%

SPX - daily

VIX - daily

Summary

US equities saw a day of pretty tedious chop, the SPX settling fractionally higher at 6309.

Volatility was itself subdued, the VIX settling -0.9% to 16.50.


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Goodnight from London
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Monday, 21 July 2025

Net green Monday

US equity indexes closed a little mixed, SPX +8pts (0.1%) at 6305. Nasdaq comp' +0.4%. Dow -0.04%. The Transports settled -0.1%. R2K -0.4%

SPX - daily

VIX - daily

Summary

US equities opened a little higher, with the SPX quickly printing a new hist' high of 6336. The afternoon saw some cooling to settle fractionally higher at 6305. Volatility remained subdued, the VIX settling +1.5% to 16.65.


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Saturday, 19 July 2025

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a mixed week for US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from +1.5% (Nasdaq comp'), +0.6% (SPX), +0.3% (R2K), -0.03% (NYSE comp'), -0.1% (Dow), to -2.1% (Trans).

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

Three US equity indexes were net higher for the week, with three net lower.

The Nasdaq was sig' higher, whilst the Transports was sig' lower.

The SPX and Nasdaq broke new historic highs.

Looking ahead

Earnings:

M -$VZ $DPZ $CLF $ROP $DX $RYAAY $HBT $PFBC $NXPI $STLD $AGNC $CALX $CCK $AGYS $BOKF $MEDP $WRB $SMBK

T - $LMT $RTX $NOC $KO $PM $DHI $DHR $KEY $DGX $ISRG $SAP $ENPH $MTDR $COF $TXN $RRC $KARO $CSGP $EQT

W - $GEV $FCX $APH $T $TMO $FI $GD $COOP $HAS $NEE $TSLA $GOOGL $NOW $IBM $CMG $QS $ALK $ORLY $MOH $URI

T - $AAL $BX $NOK $DOW $LUV $FLEX $UNP $NDAQ $KDP $HON $INTC $NEM $DECK $DOC $SCHL $ORC $LBRT $EW $BYD $COUR

F - $CNC $HCA $AN $CHTR $BAH $TNET $EAF $GNTX $SBSI $SAIA

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Econ-data/events

M - Leading indicators

T - Powell, 8.30am, banking conf'

W - Existing home sales

T - Weekly jobs, PMI serv' & manu', new home sales

F - Durable goods orders

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