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Daily Market Newsletter

October 6, 2025

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Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities

On Friday, the U.S. stock market ended in mixed territory after a choppy conclusion to the trading week. The S&P 500 and Dow both rose for the sixth consecutive session.

The S&P 500 added 0.42 points (+0.01%) to 6,715, while the Dow gained 238 points (+0.51%) to 46,758. Both indices also finished at record highs for the third consecutive trading session. Conversely, the Nasdaq 100 faced pressure, sliding by 107 points (-0.43%) to 24,785.

Despite the day's volatility, most sectors finished higher. The outperforming sectors were Utilities (XLU), Health Care (XLV), and Financials (XLF), while Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Technology (XLK), and Communication Services (XLC) underperformed the most.

The U.S. ISM services purchasing managers index fell to 50.0 in September, below 51.0 expected, while the scheduled release of nonfarm payrolls was delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Applied Materials (AMAT) saw a decline of 2.71% as the U.S. intensified its export restrictions targeting China. The company anticipates a 600 million dollars impact on its annual revenue due to these new measures.

Palantir (PLTR) experienced a drop of 7.47% following reports of unexpected security issues and vulnerabilities in the U.S. Army battlefield communications systems upgrade, which the company is involved in alongside other firms. Palantir has since denied these allegations.

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS) fell 7.26% and 7.41%, respectively, due to disappointing travel data from China showing slower than expected demand.

Humana (HUM) surged 10.56%, while Cigna (CI) rose 4.72% after a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll indicated that 78% of Americans support Congress renewing enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, set to expire at the end of 2025.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield gained 3.3 basis points to 4.121%.

In Europe, Germany's Dax fell 0.18% and France's Cac 40 rose 0.31%, while the U.K. FTSE 100 climbed 0.67%.

In the commodities market, Gold rose 28 dollars (+0.73%) to 3,884 dollars and WTI Crude Oil futures added 0.40 dollar (+0.66%) to 60.88 dollars.

Market Wrap: Forex

The dollar index fell 0.16% to 97.69.

EUR/USD gained 27 pips to 1.1741 and GBP/USD advanced 43 pips to 1.3478.

USD/JPY rose 21 pips to 147.44.

USD/CHF retreated 23 pips to 0.7953.

AUD/USD rose 7 pips to 0.6602, while USD/CAD slipped 16 pips to 1.395.

In the cryptocurrencies market, Bitcoin rose 1.28% to 122,269 dollars and Ethereum gained 0.47% to 4,513 dollars, both up for a third straight session.

Morning Trading

In Asian trading hours, USD/JPY jumped 1.6% further to 148.82. Over the weekend, Japan's ruling party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister.

Meanwhile, EUR/USD eased to 1.1730 and GBP/USD fell to 1.3455.

Gold extended its rally to 3,921 dollars, a fresh record high.

Bitcoin held gains at 123,920 dollars.

Expected Today

The eurozone's retail sales are expected to grow 0.2% month-on-month in August.

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