🇺🇸 Overnight: Dow closed above 52,000 for the first time (+0.59%), S&P 500 +1.18%, Nasdaq +2.07% as Alphabet jumped nearly 5% on its Dow debut. Sentiment was lifted after the Supreme Court let Fed Governor Lisa Cook keep her seat for now.
🌏 Asia today: Nikkei 225 +1.64%, Kospi +3.24%, CSI 300 +1.12%, while Hang Seng slipped -1.19% and ASX 200 -0.09%. China’s NBS Manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in June (vs 50.1 forecast, 50.0 in May), back in expansion on strong tech-export demand.
💱 Forex: EUR/USD around 1.1400, easing slightly after last week’s rebound, with focus on the ECB’s Sintra Forum. USD/JPY near 162.00 — its weakest level since 1986 — keeping BOJ intervention risk firmly in focus.
🛢️ Commodities: Brent ~$72.5, WTI ~$70.4, both easing as US–Iran talks resume today in Doha. Gold has slipped just below $4,000/oz (~$3,990) as markets price in possible Fed rate hikes later this year.
📅 Today’s watch: US JOLTS job openings, Chicago PMI, consumer confidence; ECB Sintra Forum continues; markets eye Thursday’s US jobs report.
⚠️ Stay sharp and trade safe!
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