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Equities pulled back Friday after back-to-back record highs, with the S&P five hundred, the Nasdaq one hundred, and the Dow all finishing lower as Treasury yields climbed to multi-month highs. When yields rise that sharply, rate-sensitive growth stocks feel the gravity first, and that's exactly what traders repriced into the close.
Feeding that yield pressure is a story playing out in commodity markets as well. Sugar prices dropped for a second straight session as the Brazilian real fell to a five-week low against the dollar. Brazil is the world's dominant sugar exporter, so when its currency weakens, dollar-denominated sugar becomes cheaper on global markets, pushing benchmark prices down sharply in both New York and London trading.
Stepping back to the longer structural picture, a Fortune report highlights the deepening tension around critical minerals powering the AI buildout. China controls dominant supply of copper, cobalt, and rare earths essential to data centers, but one company argues the Pacific Ocean floor holds enough reserves to last hundreds of years, a claim that's drawing serious attention as the seven hundred billion dollar AI infrastructure race intensifies.
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