Market Overview

Global equity indexes are mostly rising currently after US stocks closed higher on Friday and notched a weekly gain. Nvidia shares slid 0.7% underperforming market, Tesla shares rallied 5.27% on Friday after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told workers to "hang on to your stock" at an all-hands meeting Thursday night.

Global stocks are mostly down currently ahead of Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams speech at 14:05 CET today after US stocks retreating resumed on Thursday. Alphabet shares slid 0.7% with Google's parent company remaining in officially bear market territory as shares are down more than 20% from their February all-time high, Meta shares added 0.33% outperforming market on Thursday while the social network giant shares became the last of the “Magnificent Seven” stocks to lose year-to-date gains this week.

Global equity indexes are pointing in opposite directions currently ahead of US unemployment claims report at 13:30 CET today after Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged yesterday. Wall Street rebounded on Wednesday. Apple shares rose 1.2%, Amazon shares rose 1.4% on Wednesday in line with the market erasing previous day losses following news Amazon was discounting the price of access to cloud server infrastructure powered by its artificial intelligence-focused Trainium chips.

Global equity indexes are trading in opposite directions currently ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate decision at 19:00 CET today. Wall Street resumed retreating on Tuesday. Nvidia shares slumped 3.4% as chief executive Jensen Huang showcased cutting-edge chips for artificial intelligence at the company’s annual developers conference, Google parent Alphabet fell 2.3% after the tech giant announced it will acquire Israeli cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion .

Global equity indexes are trading in different directions currently after US stocks closed higher again on Monday despite weak economic data. Tesla shares plunged 4.79% after Mizuho Financial lowered its price target on the electric vehicle maker’s stock to $430 from $515, Intel shares rallied 6.82% outperforming market on Monday after reports incoming chief executive Lip-Bu Tan is considering turnaround plan which involves trimming Intel's middle management ranks and revamping its contract manufacturing business.

Global equity indexes are pointing in opposite directions currently after US stocks closed higher on Friday while notching a weekly decline still. Nvidia shares gained 5.27% outperforming market after Mizuho Securities lowered its price target on Nvidia stock to $168 from $175 but kept its outperform rating the previous day, Meta shares rose 2.87% on Friday with the social network giant’s stock remaining the only member of the Magnificent Seven group of mega-cap technology stocks staying still in positive territory for 2025 after it logged its biggest one-day drop since July the previous session.

Global stocks are mostly rising currently ahead of University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment report at 15:00 CET today after US stocks retreating resumed on Thursday. Microsoft shares slid 1.17% while investment bank D.A. Davidson raised its Microsoft price target by $25 to $450, Meta shares plunged 4.67% underperforming market on Thursday as the social network giant announced plans to begin testing its Community Notes feature across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the United States which will allows a wider range of people to provide context to posts.

Global equity indexes are trading mostly down currently ahead of US producer prices report at 13:30 CET today after Wall Street closed mixed on Wednesday. Apple shares lost 1.75% underperforming market while Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight, or buy, rating on iPhone maker’s stock but lowered his price target to $252 from $275, Microsoft shares rose 0.74% on Wednesday despite reports US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a broad antitrust probe of the technology giant.

Global equity indexes are trading in opposite directions currently ahead of US inflation report at 13:30 CET today. Wall Street extended losses on Tuesday while Canada backed down from 25% surcharge on power exports to US after president Trump threatened to double planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Microsoft shares edged up 0.08% while TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating on Microsoft stock, maintaining a price target of $475.00, Tesla shares rallied 3.79% on Tuesday outperforming market after losing more than 15% of their value a day earlier.

Global equity indexes are trading mostly up currently after Wall Street closed sharply lower on Monday as president Trump over the weekend declined to predict whether the US could face a recession. Alphabet shares lost 4.41% in the first trading session since the Justice Department confirmed it is seeking a breakup of the online search giant’s monopoly and requiring Google sell off its Chrome web browser, Nvidia shares plunged 5.0% underperforming market on Monday making it cheaper by price-to-earnings ratio than when ChatGPT launched in 2022.