U.S. stock market closing | All three major Indexes rose, with the S&P continuing to hit new highs; Nuclear Power stocks performed strongly, with OKLO and SMR rising over 13%; Meta rose over 2% to reach a record closing high.
Trump calls on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates immediately. The chip Index and NVIDIA briefly fell over 2%, but ultimately NVIDIA turned to rise, while Tesla fell. Industrial stock Caterpillar boosted the Dow by 400 points. Quantum computing stock Quantum fell over 6%. Nuclear Power stock Oklo, held by Sam Altman, turned to rise over 13%. Electronic Arts Inc fell nearly 17%. After a 0.7% decline, the Chinese concept Index turned to rise, and TAL Education soared 21%.
Market Overview | The Hong Kong stock market continues to rise! The Hang Seng Index once returned to the 0.02 million point mark, Network Technology stocks advanced strongly, with JD.com, Meituan, and Alibaba all rising over 5%.
Futu News reported on January 20 that Hong Kong stocks opened higher and continued to rise, with the Hang Seng Index aiming for 0.02 million points, and the Hang Seng TECH Index once rising over 3%.
What happened? China's Assets, US Tech stocks, and others are all surging online! How will the Trump 2.0 era be interpreted in the US stock market?
China's Assets great counteroffensive.
The US stock market fluctuated and then declined, Apple fell by 4%, Taiwan Semiconductor's ADR once rose over 7%, and Luxury Goods stocks along with European and American government bonds increased.
In December, USA's retail sales growth was weaker than expected, but the Philadelphia January manufacturing Index reached its highest level in nearly four years. Federal Reserve Board member Waller predicted that there might be up to four interest rate cuts this year, which lowered USA Treasury yields and the dollar. The S&P experienced its first decline in four days, previously boosted by Banks' Earnings Reports. Taiwan Semiconductor's quarterly report confirmed AI demand, leading to most chip stocks rising. Luxury Goods giant Richemont's earnings surpassed expectations, causing a collective increase among peers that pushed French stocks up over 2%. The China concept index rose against the trend, with DouYu increasing by about 28%. The yen approached 155, Bitcoin hovered around $0.1 million, oil prices fell from a six-month high, and Gold reached its highest in five weeks. As a cold wave hit, Henry Hub Natural Gas surged over 4%.
Futu Morning News | The Technology event CES is here today! Jensen Huang's keynote speech has sparked market expectations; Tencent and Contemporary Amperex Technology respond to being listed on the USA Department of Defense list: it is a mistake and will
Signals of Trump 2.0 removing regulations? The Vice Chairman in charge of financial regulation at the Federal Reserve will resign early after Trump's rise to power; Bitcoin returns to $100,000, and stocks related to Cryptos soar across the board; FuboTV's stock price skyrockets over 251%! It will collaborate with Disney to merge live television streaming services.
Futu Morning Report | The "Spring Festival Gala of the Technology Industry" CES 2025 is coming this week! NVIDIA has become the market focus; big investment! Microsoft plans to invest 80 billion USD to build Datacenters.
CES will kick off from January 7 to 11 in the USA, Las Vegas. NVIDIA is expected to announce its latest developments in AI, including the highly anticipated GeForce RTX 50 graphics card; in the Industry sector, AI and Autos are expected to continue thriving, while Siasun Robot&Automation, displays, and smart home appliances are also focal points of attention.