Dow futures gain up to 150 points after steep losses; Here's why this week is crucial
Futures on Wall Street have resumed trading on Sunday evening local time with modest gains after witnessing steep selling pressure through the course of last week.
The Dow futures and the Nasdaq futures are both trading with gains between 150 points to 200 points as trading resumed after the weekend break.
Read MoreStock futures climb as traders try to recover from the S&P 500's losing week: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 29, 2026.
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Stock futures rose on Sunday evening as traders look toward a slew of central bank decisions this week.
West Asia crisis: Government ready with energy, fertiliser stocks
NEW DELHI: As war clouds gather over West Asia once again, govt seems better prepared with energy and fertiliser stocks,
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Read MoreFalling Interest Rates and Weak Stocks Parallel, Crude Oil Rises [4th Week of October] | Market Review (Every Sunday)
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Military tensions surrounding the US and Iran continue, keeping crude oil prices and transportation costs elevated.
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Inflation concerns intensify through rising energy prices, causing long-term interest rates, particularly in the US, to remain high.
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High interest rates and rising resource prices weigh on corporate earnings and personal consumption,
State Street SPDR Dow Jones (DIA) Sells Goldman Sachs and Caterpillar on Oct. 23
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) extended a broad trimming streak in Friday’s session, selling $208.5 million of stock with no purchases. The ETF activity cut all 30 of its positions and increased none,
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NVIDIA’s $600 Billion Wipeout, Is the AI King Losing Its Edge?
The $2.8 trillion chip juggernaut NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced Q4 earnings, and clearly disappointed the Street. There has been a lot of noise around stock based as well as the threat of generative AI technology from China – DeepSeek in particular – which has put the share price under serious pressure.
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What If You’d Invested $2,000 in O’Reilly Automotive in 1993?
Imagine putting $2,000 into a stock and forgetting about it. No fiddling, no panic-selling, no checking your account every day. You look up a few decades later and you discover your modest investment has ballooned into more than $1 million.
That’s not a fantasy. That’s what actually happened if you invested in O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) when it went public 32 years ago.
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1 Royal ETF To Buy Without Hesitation
Five years ago when I last visited Saudi Arabia, the kingdom closely resembled the image many westerners might imagine.
First, it was challenging just to figure out how to get a visa. The answer lay in a dark room in a difficult-to-access New York building. Upon arrival, there was no such thing as socializing with women.