Equities mixed after Wall Street ended little changed - 19.8.2025

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Todays’ Market Summary

The Dollar strengthening has halted
Futures on three main US stock indexes are down
Brent is retracing lower currently.
Gold prices have halted their retreating today

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Global equity indexes are trading in opposite directions currently ahead of Federal Open Market Committee members speeches starting at 16:00 CET today. Wall Street ended little changed on Monday. Alphabet shares slumped 0.3% underperforming market while BMO Capital reiterated an “Outperform” rating and $225.00 price target on Alphabet ahead of antitrust decision after US court found Google guilty of illegally maintaining its search monopoly in general search and search text advertising through exclusionary default agreements, Microsoft slid 0.59% on Monday despite Truist lifting its price target for Microsoft shares to $675 from $650 on Monday citing the company’s sustained momentum in cloud and artificial intelligence.

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Forex news

Currency Pair	Change
EUR/USD	+0.1%
GBP/USD	+0.1%
USD/JPY	-0.1%
AUD/USD	-0.1%

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, ended 0.35% higher on Monday.

Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD reversed their climbing yesterday. Both Pound and euro are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its silding while AUD/USD reversed its climbing on Monday with the yen higher against the Greenback currently and Australian dollar lower still.

Stock Market news

Indices	Change
DJI	-0.04%
NIKKEI	-0.4%
HK50	-0.3%
AU200	-0.2%

Futures on three main US stock indexes are down currently. The yield on 10-year Treasury is up at 4.345%. US stock market ended mixed on Monday with the three main stock benchmarks recording daily returns in the range from -0.08% to 0.03% as the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index fell to the lowest reading since December 2022.

European stock indexes futures are mixed currently after indexes closed mixed on Monday with healthcare shares leading gains. Asian indexes futures are mostly retreating currently with Japan’s Nikkei leading losses weighed by a 2.5% slump in SoftBank Group after the company announced a $2 billion stake in struggling US chipmaker Intel.

Commodity Market news

Commodities	Change
#C-BRENT	-0.2%
OIL	-0.2%

Brent is retracing lower currently. Oil prices ended higher yesterday as White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding the war in Ukraine and had to stop. US West Texas Intermediate WTI added 1.0% but are lower currently. Brent rose 1.1% to $66.60 a barrel on Monday.