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[NEW YORK] The main US stock indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Sep 9) as oil prices surged past the market-sensitive US$100-a-barrelmark level for the first time since July due to deepening tensions in the Middle East.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at open on Tuesday (Sep 8) as fresh hostilities in the Middle East pushed oil prices to their highest since late July, while markets await inflation data due later this week.

The Nasdaq 100 has fully recovered from July’s sharp correction, but the calendar ahead offers little room for complacency. The index closed at 29,461 on Wednesday (Sep 2), gaining 1.24 per cent ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls release, which put the sharp decline at the start of September behind it. August itself delivered a 4.2 per cent gain, the Nasdaq 100’s best August performance since 2021, and recovered most of the ground lost in July’s 6.6 per cent slide, its steepest monthly decline since March 2025. Beneath the recovery, however, sits a macro backdrop that has grown palpably more hostile to long-duration growth stocks since the Jackson Hole meeting.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were muted at the open on Friday (Sep 4) after a stronger-than-expected jobs reading prompted investors to amplify bets the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates this month.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Sep 3) after Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said he was open to leaving interest rates unchanged this month if data confirms inflation pressures are cooling off.

[NEW YORK] The benchmark S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow indexes opened marginally higher on Wednesday (Sep 2), as investors weighed renewed US-Iran clashes against signs of strength in the AI trade.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Sep 1), extending a weak run as elevated bond yields and higher oil prices kept investors at bay at the start of a historically weak month for equities.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Aug 31) after military strikes between the US and Iran drove up oil prices, fanning inflation worries as the interest-rate outlook turns more hawkish.

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted open on Friday (Aug 28), as an AI-fuelled rally fizzled out ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s much-anticipated Jackson Hole appearance.