Sharemarket Morning Reports

September 4th Morning Report
4 Sep, 10:00am
The US Market closed lower on Wednesday as Alphabet jumped after a US judge ruled against breaking up the Google parent and as investors were optimistic that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this month... More »

September 3rd Morning Report
3 Sep, 9:55am
The US Market closed lower on Tuesday as investors weighed the legality of President Donald Trump's tariffs after a federal appeals court ruled most of his sweeping tariffs illegal... More »

September 1st Morning Report
1 Sep, 9:54am
The US Market closed lower on Friday, with losses in Dell, Nvidia and other AI-related stocks, while investors parsed inflation data showing tariffs have started feeding into prices... More »

August 29th Morning Report
29 Aug, 10:05am
The US Market closed higher on Thursday after Nvidia's quarterly report fell short of investor's high expectations but confirmed that spending related to artificial intelligence infrasttructure remains strong... More »

August 28th Morning Report
28 Aug, 9:55am
The US Market closed higher on Wednesday ahead of quarterly results from Nvidia, Wall Street's most closely watched event this week, which will test the rally that has pushed valuations of AI-related companies to levels that some investors view as too hig... More »

August 27th Morning Report
27 Aug, 9:52am
The US Market closed lower on Tuesday, lifted by Nvidia and Eli Lilly, while US President Donald Trump's decision to fire a central bank governor deepened concerns about the Federal Reserve's independence... More »

August 26th Morning Report
26 Aug, 9:52am
The US Market closed lower on Monday, as investors parsed the outlook for US interest rates and looked ahead to AI chipmaker Nvidia's quarterly earnings this week while digesting a rally Friday that lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record high... More »

August 25th Morning Report
25 Aug, 9:55am
The US Market closed higher on Friday, with the blue-chip Dow hitting a record high. In his Jackson Hole speech, US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell paved the way for a potential rate cut at the Fed's September meeting... More »

August 21st Morning Report
21 Aug, 9:50am
The US Market closed lower on Wednesday, driven by tech stocks, with worries about AI spurring debates about its future. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.2% over the last two days, the worst two-day fall since August 1st... More »

August 20th Morning Report
20 Aug, 9:50am
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... More »

August 19th Morning Report
19 Aug, 10:01am
The US Market closed roughly flat after on Monday, after struggling for direction while investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings reports from major retailers for more signs about the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in... More »

August 18th Morning Report
18 Aug, 9:58am
The US Market closed higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday, as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake, but other Wall Street indexes slipped... More »

August 15th Morning Report
15 Aug, 9:46am
The US Market closed mixed on Thursday with S&P 500 edging up to a closing high, while Dow Jones and Nasdaq were flat, after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened expectations of potential interest-rate cuts... More »

August 14th Morning Report
14 Aug, 10:06am
The US Market closed higher on Wednesday on hopes that the Federal Reserve was getting close to a monetary easing cycle. But the market reflected weakness in some technology stocks after the previous day's strong gains... More »

August 13th Morning Report
13 Aug, 9:51am
The US Market closed higher on Tuesday as news that July inflation rose broadly in line with expectations bolstered bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month. The Labour Department said the Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% on a monthly basis in... More »

August 8th Morning Report
8 Aug, 9:57am
The US Market closed lower on Thursday, as shares of Eli Lilly dropped after data from its oral weight loss drug disappointed, while Nasdaq ended slightly higher... More »

August 7th Morning Report
7 Aug, 10:04am
The US Market closed higher on Wednesday, led by a more than 1% gain in the Nasdaq, as Apple shares climbed after news of its plans to announce a domestic manufacturing pledge, and as the latest batch of corporate reports was mostly upbeat... More »

August 5th Morning Report
5 Aug, 9:57am
The US Market closed higher on Monday, as investors sought bargains after the previous session's selloff and increased bets for a September rate cut in the wake of Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs data... More »

August 4th Morning Report
4 Aug, 9:34am
The US Market slumped on Friday, and the S&P suffered its biggest daily percentage decline in more than two months as new US tariffs on dozens of trading partners and a surprisingly weak jobs report spurred selling pressure... More »

August 1st Morning Report
1 Aug, 9:54am
The US Market closed well off early highs on Thursday, following the latest round of corporate earnings and economic data, as investors awaited results from megacaps Amazon and Apple due after the closing bell... More »