🌍 Global Market Overview – May 15, 2025

📈 Stock Indices – Americas:

• VIX (Volatility Index): Up 2.20% to 18.62, signaling rising market uncertainty.
• NASDAQ: Up 0.72% to 19,146.81 – tech sector remains strong.
• S&P 500: Slight increase of 0.10% to 5,892.58.
• Dow Jones: Down 0.21% to 42,051.06.
• Russell 2000: Dropped 0.88% – small caps under pressure.
• S&P/TSX (Canada): Up 0.30%.
• IBOVESPA (Brazil): Fell 0.39%.

🌍 Europe:

• MSCI Europe: Up 0.21%.
• FTSE 100 (UK): Down 0.21%.
• DAX (Germany): Down 0.47%.
• CAC 40 (France): Down 0.47%.
• EURO STOXX 50: Down 0.24%.
• Euro Index: Slight dip of 0.10%.

🌏 Asia-Pacific:

• Nikkei 225 (Japan): Dropped 1.12%.
• Shanghai Composite: Down 0.41%.
• KOSPI (South Korea): Down 0.18%.
• SENSEX (India): Up 0.22%.
• Hang Seng (Hong Kong): Up 0.06%.
• ASX 200 (Australia): Flat at -0.02%.

🛢 Commodities:

• Crude Oil (WTI): Dropped 2.11% to $61.82.
• Brent Oil: Down 2.01% to $64.76.
• Natural Gas: Fell 0.89%.
• Gold: Down 0.77% to $3,163.70.
• Silver: Down 0.83%.
• Copper: Down 0.66%.

💱 Forex Market:

• EUR/USD: Up 0.18%.
• USD/JPY: Down 0.27% – yen strengthened.
• USD/GBP: Down 0.08%.
• USD/AUD: Down 0.19%.
• US Dollar Index (DXY): Down 0.14% to 100.90.

🏦 U.S. Treasury Yields:

• 5-Year Note: Up to 4.162%.
• 10-Year Note: Rose to 4.528%.
• 30-Year Bond: Climbed to 4.967%.
• 13-Week T-Bill: Flat.

🧭 U.S. Sectors – YTD Performance:

• Technology: Down 0.54%.
• Financial Services: Up 5.14%.
• Basic Materials: Leading with +5.58%.
• Industrials: Up 4.85%.
• Healthcare: Down sharply -7.14%.
• Consumer Cyclical: Down 4.00%.

🚀 Trending Stocks:

• CoreWeave (CRWV): Up 6.64%.
• Reddit (RDDT): Jumped 11.06%.
• NVIDIA (NVDA): Gained 4.16%, now valued at over $3T.
• Tesla (TSLA): Rose 4.07%.
• Rigetti (RGTI): Soared ~18%, up 900% YoY.
• Palantir (PLTR): Over 500% YoY return.

🪙 Cryptocurrency:

• Bitcoin (BTC): Down 0.71% to $102,984 – still up ~60% YTD.
• Ethereum (ETH): Down 2.49%.
• XRP: Down 1.05% – still up over 400% YoY.
• Solana & Dogecoin: Down 2–2.5%, but both remain positive year-to-date.

🧠 Private Tech & AI Companies:

• OpenAI: Estimated valuation near $300B.
• xAI (Elon Musk): Gained 230% in valuation over 12 months.
• Anthropic, Databricks, SpaceX: Continue to dominate the AI and space sectors with mega funding rounds.