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Brent held above $98 at a six-week high as Hormuz shipping risk stayed unresolved. The energy impulse pushed rate-cut expectations further out. Indian equities slipped under 76,000 to a six-week low, gold eased near $4,444, bitcoin held below $79,000 and the rupee stayed soft.
OPEC+ kept October output unchanged on Sunday, pausing after six straight monthly hikes, with Brent near $95 and Hormuz flows still curtailed. Friday's US payrolls at 162,000 revived September Fed hike bets. Gold slipped, Bitcoin stalled below $82,000, and India opens facing crude plus dollar pressure.
The US added 162,000 jobs in August against a consensus of 55,000. Unemployment held at 4.1%. The beat lands a day after Fed Governor Waller signalled comfort with a pause, pushing September hike odds back toward even.
US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island over the weekend, the first action in a month. Tehran responded with attacks on American allies in the region. Brent for November delivery climbed past $90, up over 3%. WTI moved above $86.
Nvidia jumped 8.7% overnight, its biggest one-day gain since April 2025, lifting the Nasdaq 1.6% to 26,541 and the S&P 500 0.7% to 7,730. The chipmaker guided third-quarter revenue to $108 billion, ahead of street estimates. Brent crude eased to around $86 a barrel.
Wall Street closed higher for a third straight session, with the Nasdaq up 0.7% and the S&P 500 and Dow each adding 0.3%, as Treasury yields and oil prices fell. Asian markets are mixed this morning. Nvidia reports tonight and US inflation data is due.
Wall Street closed mixed overnight. The Nasdaq fell 0.8% and the S&P 500 slipped 0.3%, while the Dow added 0.3%, as investors weighed new US sanctions on Iran and failed US-Canada trade talks. Gift Nifty points to a soft open on monthly expiry day.
Tuesday, 25 August, is NSE's monthly expiry and the first monthly expiry under the Closing Auction Session. Continuous cash trading in F&O stocks ends at 3:15 PM. A single equilibrium price discovered around 3:35 PM sets the official close and decides which stock options finish in the money.
The US Treasury will at least double long-dated bond buybacks to $4 billion per operation from September 9. Yields fell on the news, then rebounded Thursday. The dollar weakened. Gold reached about $4,530, Bitcoin rose near 11 percent, Nifty opened near 24,250.
Indian equities opened lower on Wednesday as a global semiconductor sell-off and firmer bond yields pressured risk assets. Asian benchmarks in South Korea and Japan led regional declines, while IT-linked names stayed under pressure and the rupee opened weaker against the dollar.
Crude's push into higher territory has revived inflation worry, lifting long-end Treasury yields and cooling rate-cut expectations. Wall Street closed lower, Asia followed, and Indian benchmarks extended a fifth straight session of decline as risk appetite thinned across assets.
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's July meeting are due Wednesday. Three officials dissented in favour of a rate hike at that meeting. The minutes are the clearest available read on how close the hawkish minority came to prevailing, ahead of Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote later this month.
