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Good evening, this is Markets Desk with your closing bell rundown.
Equities finished the session solidly in the green, with the S and P five hundred gaining just under eight tenths of a percent, the Dow matching that move, and the Nasdaq one hundred close behind. The catalyst was familiar — strong tech earnings reinforcing the case that corporate America is holding up better than the macro bears expected, and economic data that simply refused to roll over.
Shifting to fixed income, the bond market is already delivering its verdict on incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Yields have been drifting higher, a signal that traders are stress-testing the new leadership before Warsh has even settled into the chair. Markets have a long tradition of testing new Fed heads, and this one appears to be no exception, with rate expectations repricing in real time.
Meanwhile, crude oil edged fractionally higher as the Strait of Hormuz situation continues to shadow energy markets. US-Iran peace talks remain stalled, and that geopolitical uncertainty is enough to keep a floor under West Texas Intermediate, even as RBOB gasoline slipped slightly on the session. Supply risk premiums are not going away quietly.
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