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August 20th Morning Report

Wednesday 20th August 2025

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The US Market closed lower on Tuesday, driven by tech stocks, as investors gear up for what Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will say about the path of interest rates at a key conference later  the week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were down 0.58% and 1.46% respectively.

Other key markets ended mixed. European stocks closed as follows: the FTSE100 (+0.34%), the Dax 30 (+0.45%), CAC 40 (+1.21%) and the STOXX (+0.89%). In Asia, the Hang Seng and Shanghai indices closed higher. The key Asian indices ended yesterday as follows: Nikkei 225(-0.38%), HSI (-0.21%) and the Shanghai Composite (-0.02%).

The yield on the US 10 - year note was at 4.31%, while the 2 - year note was at 3.748%. Oil was up to $62.02 per barrel, down 1.08%. The gold price was at US$3358.62 per ounce, down 0.57%. 



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