Japan, Rise and Stocks
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Dow Futures rise as US-Japan trade deal boosts markets; earnings from Alphabet, Tesla, and chipmaker woes in focus.
Futures for the precious metal fell as risk-on market sentiment prevailed. Gold is under pressure on fading safe-haven demand after the U.S.-Japan trade deal.
Those moves follow a second straight day concluding at a high for the S&P 500, which inched up 0.06% in the session. Tuesday marked the 11th closing record of 2025 for the benchmark index. The 30-stock Dow climbed nearly 180 points in the session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, on the other hand, fell about 0.4% as chip stocks took a hit.
Oil prices steadied in early trading on Wednesday after falling for three consecutive sessions as a U.S. trade deal with Japan signaled progress on tariffs and a poll showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week,
Trading volume in Japanese power futures on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has nearly doubled so far this year from last year, and there is still room to grow with more renewable energy ...
Japanese stock futures slid, with chip-related shares poised to extend Monday’s declines after concern over Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek set off a selling spree in US tech ...