Ipek Ozkardeskaya
Swissquote Bank Ltd
Hawkish FOMC minutes sent the US yields high and stock indices lower yesterday. Happily, Nvidia announced another set of strong quarterly results and forecasts. The shares popped 6% in the afterhours trading – a bit less than 8% expected.
Qualcomm, on the other hand, extended gains past $200 per share as they will power Microsoft’s and Dell’s AI-focused computers.
In the FX, the US dollar gained on hawkish Fed minutes but sterling gained more after the British PMI Sunak announced a general election on 4th of July, waning expectations of seeing the Bank of England (BoE) cut rates in June.
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