Markets mixed after Wall Street closed at new all-time high - 15.8.2025

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Todays’ Market Summary

The Dollar strengthening has halted
US stock market futures are up
Gold prices are edging up

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Global stocks are pointing in opposite directions currently after Wall Street ended at fresh record high on Thursday despite hotter than expected producer prices data. Amazon shares surged 2.87% after the company announced expansion of same-day delivery to more than 1,000 US cities and aiming for 2,300 by year-end with Prime members getting free same-day delivery on orders over $25 as Amazon dropped the prior $9.99 Prime grocery add-on, Intel shares rallied 7.4% on Thursday outperforming market amid reports after a meeting between president Trump and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan White House is considering taking a stake in the struggling chipmaker following Intel warning last month that it may have to get out of the chip manufacturing business if it does not land external customers to make chips in its factories.

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Forex news

The Dollar strengthening has halted currently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.3% on Thursday as Federal Reserve rate-cut bets eased as data showed US producer prices rose unexpectedly in July - the most since March 2022 .

Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD reversed their advancing yesterday while statistics agency Eurostat reported industrial output in the euro zone declined more than expected in June. Both euro and Pound are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its sliding while AUD/USD reversed its climbing on Thursday with both the Australian dollar and the yen higher against the Greenback currently.

Stock Market news

US stock market futures are up currently ahead of retail sales report at 14:30 CET with the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes down at 4.282%. Wall Street ended mixed yesterday and SP 500 rose to a record high as the three main stock benchmarks recorded daily returns in the range from -0.2% to 0.1% while hotter than expected wholesale prices indicated companies are currently bearing the cost of tariffs.

European stock markets futures are mixed currently after closing higher on Thursday following Office for National Statistics report UK economy expanded by a better than expected 0.3% in the second quarter. Asian stock indexes futures are mixed with Japan’s Nikkei leading gains as Japanese data showed that Japan’s economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter despite US tariffs.

Commodity Market news

Brent is retracing lower today. Prices climbed about 2% on Thursday after president Trump warned of "severe consequences" if his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine fail. President Trump has threatened to enact secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian crude, primarily China and India, if Russia continues its war in Ukraine. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 2.1% but are lower currently. Brent futures gained 1.8% to $66.84 a barrel on Thursday.