🔴 Risk-off across the board as fresh US-Iran military clashes escalate, driving oil sharply higher and rekindling inflation fears. Strong US jobs data adds further pressure by keeping hawkish Fed bets alive.
📉 Wall Street — June 3 close Dow Jones -1.21% → 50,687 S&P 500 -0.74% → 7,554 Nasdaq -0.89% → 26,854 Tech took the hardest hit: Broadcom missed revenue estimates, CrowdStrike guided weak. Six of 11 S&P sectors closed in the red.
🌏 Asian Markets — June 4 Risk aversion spread across the region, tracking Wall Street losses: 🇯🇵 Nikkei 225 -1.74% → ~67,200 (retreat from record 68,402 hit Wednesday) 🇰🇷 Kospi -1.25% 🇭🇰 Hang Seng -0.84% → ~25,256 🇨🇳 CSI 300 / Shanghai -0.43–0.84% 🇦🇺 ASX 200 -1.14% The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index dropped ~1%, ending a four-day record-breaking rally.
🛢 Oil — rising on Middle East risk premium Brent ~$97.78 | WTI ~$94.81
🪙 Gold ~$4,460 — sliding as a stronger dollar and rate-hike expectations weigh on the metal
💵 EUR/USD ~1.1606
₿ Bitcoin ~$66,700 — crashed below $67K, triggering an estimated $1.8B in crypto liquidations
📊 Key data released June 3 ✅ US ADP Employment (May): +122K — beat forecast of 117K; best result since Jan 2025 ✅ ISM Services PMI (May): 54.5 — beat forecast of 53.8 ➡️ Both prints reinforce the case for the Fed to stay restrictive, or even hike again.
👀 Today’s watch: US Initial Jobless Claims 📅 Friday: Nonfarm Payrolls — the key driver for the next Fed decision
⚠️ US-Iran talks remain fragile. Elevated oil, hawkish Fed signals, and Broadcom-led tech weakness are the main headwinds going into the US session.
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