Good evening, this is Markets Desk with your closing read on the stories moving markets and policy tonight.
The European Union has formally joined the United States-led Operation Economic Outcast, the coordinated sanctions effort targeting Iran, with the bloc's endorsement coming as Group of Twenty finance ministers and central bank governors gathered in Asheville, North Carolina. Tehran has pushed back sharply, but the multilateral alignment signals growing pressure on Iranian capital flows and energy exports.
Shifting to emerging markets, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller struck a notably dovish tone, and traders wasted no time repricing rate expectations. Indian equities are set to open higher on Friday, with the rupee and domestic rate-sensitive sectors both catching a bid as the probability of a near-term Fed hike gets trimmed from the calculus. Waller's comments carry weight given his historically hawkish positioning.
Meanwhile, Robinhood continues its quiet transformation into a diversified financial platform. The company now counts thirteen separate business lines each generating over one hundred million dollars in annualized revenue, a remarkable figure for a firm once synonymous with zero-commission retail trading. A two-month-old internal network is already being watched as a potential fourteenth.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
