Markets Close the Week Strongly: Global Sentiment Turns Positive
Global equity markets ended the week with solid gains. Investors reacted positively to stable economic data, a drop in volatility, and easing macroeconomic concerns.
🌍 Global Equity Indices:
United States:
- Russell 2000: 2,020.74 | ▲ 2.27%
- Nasdaq: 17,977.73 | ▲ 1.51%
- S&P 500: 5,686.67 | ▲ 1.47%
- Dow Jones: 41,317.43 | ▲ 1.39%
- VIX (Volatility Index): ▼ 7.80%, now at 22.68
Europe:
- DAX (Germany): 23,086.65 | ▲ 2.62%
- Euro Stoxx 50: 5,285.19 | ▲ 2.42%
- CAC 40 (France): 7,770.48 | ▲ 2.33%
Asia:
- Hang Seng (Hong Kong): 22,504.68 | ▲ 1.74%
- Nikkei 225 (Japan): 36,830.69 | ▲ 1.04%
- Shanghai SSE: 3,279.03 | ▼ 0.23%
🏭 US Sector Performance:
- Basic Materials: ▲ 4.34% YTD
- Consumer Staples: ▲ 4.95%
- Financial Services: ▲ 2.27%
- Technology: ▼ 8.20% YTD
- Consumer Discretionary: ▼ 11.52% YTD
🛢️ Commodities & Currencies:
- Natural Gas: ▲ 5.40%
- Copper: ▲ 1.50%
- Gold: $3,247.40 | ▲ 0.78%
- Crude Oil: ▼ 1.45%
- US Dollar Index (DXY): 100.04 | ▲ 0.01%
📊 US Treasury Yields:
- 10-Year Yield: 4.322% | ▲ 2.15%
- 30-Year Yield: 4.795% | ▲ 1.22%
📈 Notable Public Stocks:
- Palantir (PLTR): ▲ 6.95%
- Pony.ai (PONY): ▲ 21.50%
- Duolingo (DUOL): ▲ 21.61%
- Polyrizon (PLRZ): ▲ 298.58%
- Tesla (TSLA): ▲ 2.38%
- Apple (AAPL): ▼ 3.74%
🧠 Leading Private Companies:
- OpenAI: Estimated Valuation – $299.9B | YTD Return: ▲ 187.36%
- xAI (Elon Musk): ▲ 230.33% | Est. Valuation – $91.3B
- Figure AI: ▲ 1,367.47%
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