Evening Market Recap - Wednesday, 8-Jul

Evening Market Recap - Wednesday, 8-Jul

US equities were mostly lower in Wednesday trading, though near the session highs. Geopolitics drove some of the broad risk-off today; oil and Treasury yields were up while S&P decliners outnumbered gainers by three to one. June FOMC minutes were largely uneventful.

Evening Market Recap, Tuesday 7-Jul

US equities were lower in Tuesday trading, though off their worst levels. The momentum trade names led the market to the downside, with notable weakness in memory, semis, and AI energy infrastructure. Today's action extended the recent momentum selloff which has been attributed to factors including the growing fears around the return on investment for AI capex, Chinese and open source model competition, and frontier model commoditization.

Evening Market Recap - Monday, 6-Jul

US equities finished higher in Monday trading, ending a bit off best levels. Momentum rebound was the big story today with no specific catalyst, but some analyst focus on the extent of recent drawdown in the space industry. In macro news, June ISM Services fell in line with consensus, though down month over month.

Evening Market Recap - Thursday, 2-Jul

US equities finished mixed in Thursday trading. However, equal-weight S&P outperformed the cap-weighted index by ~70 bp and RSP set a fresh ATH. Momentum unwind in focus again with memory/semis hit by recent scrutiny surrounding AI capex trade and input cost pushback.

Evening Market Recap - Wednesday, 1-Jul

US equities finished lower in Wednesday trading, off midday highs, though breadth was positive and the equal-weight S&P ended higher. There were several moving parts in play today, with another day of momentum unwinding as the big story. There were some positive takes on today's ISM manufacturing reading given a big drop in the prices-paid component and less pessimistic commentary.