Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 5 PM ET: Amazon Surges and Apple Falls on Latest Earnings | Markets P.M. for July 31 | Treasury ...
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Markets PM highlights Amazon's surge and Apple's fall on earnings, alongside Tesla considering a China business sale. Macro data shows US consumer sentiment rising, Canada GDP growing, and Eurozone inflation rebounding. Central bank updates include the Fed's Barkin calling rate levels a 'close call,' BOJ holding rates despite weak yen concerns, and Treasury warning of potential dollar-yen intervention. Other news includes Trump's Iran stance, China's factory contraction, and Korea's record market gain.
Amazon Surges and Apple Falls on Latest Earnings | Markets P.M. for July 31
Plus, Tesla considers sale of China business and Anthropic discloses that its software hacked three companies.
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Treasury Warns Banks It Might Intervene in Dollar-Yen Exchange Rate
The Japanese currency has weakened substantially against U.S. currency in recent years to near multidecade lows.
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Fed's Barkin Says It's a 'Close Call' Whether Rates Are High Enough
The Richmond Fed president said he doesn't know whether he would have joined the three colleagues who dissented in favor of a rate increase.
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Trump Sours on Diplomacy, Vows to Hit Iran Hard
The prospects of a peace deal are narrowing as fighting between the two heats back up.
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Consumer Sentiment Rose in July, per Michigan Survey
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index rose to 55.2 from 49.5 in June as gasoline prices cooled.
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Canada GDP Grows in May Amid Expansion in Oil and Gas Activity
Canada's economy has roared back to life, tracking the strongest growth in roughly three years with an expansion in oil and gas activity and continued recoveries in areas like manufacturing.
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Situational Awareness Down 67% in July in AI Stock Rout
"We let you down this month," Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge-fund firm told investors after selling the bulk of its stocks to Citadel.
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Canada Approves Big Nickel Mine in Northern Ontario
Canada's government has approved the development of what promises to be the largest nickel mine in the Western world, part of Ottawa's efforts to fast-track major projects it hopes will bolster the economy and counter pressures from U.S. tariffs.
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New York Sues Kalshi After Talks to Rein In Prediction Market Break Down
The suit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James targeted the biggest prediction market operator in the U.S.
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Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Jobs Data in Focus, Could Give Steer on Fed Outlook
U.S. monthly jobs data for July will provide the focus of attention as investors gauge the prospects for interest rates over the next few months.
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U.A.E. Changes How It Prices Its Crude Oil Grades
The United Arab Emirates' state-oil company said that it will base its official selling prices on the prompt-month Platts Dubai benchmark starting from Nov. 1.
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Bank of Japan Stands Pat But Weak Yen Threatens Inflation Outlook
Japan's central bank kept monetary policy unchanged, though the BOJ's governor signaled growing concerns about inflation overshooting its goal.
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Eurozone Inflation Rebounds as High Energy Prices Persist
Inflation rose further above the ECB's target, with the future path of price rises heavily dependent on the development of the conflict in the Middle East.
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China's Factory Activity Gauge Unexpectedly Signals Contraction
The official manufacturing purchasing managers index signaled a contraction in activity for the first time in five months, raising pressure on Beijing to support growth.
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Korea's Kospi Logs Record Daily Gain, Defying Efforts to Tame Wild Swings
The country's regulators have imposed increasingly stringent restrictions on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics.
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