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title: "Gold Moves Higher; ISM Services PMI Eases In June"
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description: "U.S. stocks traded mixed on Monday; the Dow fell 0.07% while the NASDAQ and S&P 500 rose. Tech shares gained 2%, whereas consumer staples dropped 1.9%. The ISM services PMI declined to 54.0 in June. In corporate news, Terawulf surged 13% on a lease deal, AXT jumped 18% on an agreement, and KIDZ AI rallied 109%. Conversely, REE Automotive plummeted 65% after receiving a Nasdaq delisting notice. Commodities saw gold rise 0.8% to $4,158.60, while European markets generally declined."
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# Gold Moves Higher; ISM Services PMI Eases In June

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling around 0.1% on Monday.

The Dow traded down 0.07% to 52,861.61 while the NASDAQ rose 1.36% to 26,183.03. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.69% to 7,535.19.

**Leading and Lagging Sectors**

Information technology shares jumped by 2% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, consumer staples stocks fell by 1.9%.

**Top Headline**

The ISM services PMI declined to 54.0 in June from 54.5 in May, in-line with market estimates.

**Equities Trading UP**           

-   **Terawulf Inc (NASDAQ:WULF)** shares shot up 13% to $23.84 after the company announced it executed a 20-year lease deal with Anthropic at its Justified Data campus. Also, the company announced it will sell its 50.1% ownership interest in Abernathy Joint Venture.
-   Shares of **AXT Inc** (NASDAQ:AXTI) got a boost, surging 18% to $66.87. AXT-Tongmei entered into a master development and supply agreement with Coherent effective June 25.
-   **KIDZ AI Inc (**NASDAQ:KIDZ) shares were also up, gaining 109% to $1.42 after the company announced it unveiled KIDZBot, an AI Robotics learning platform

**Equities Trading DOWN**

-   **REE Automotive Ltd (**NASDAQ:REE) shares dropped 65% to $0.072. REE Automotive announced the receipt of Nasdaq delisting notice.
-   Shares of **Alarum Technologies Ltd – ADR (**NASDAQ:ALAR) were down 49% to $3.23 after the company announced it decided to temporarily pause traffic through the relevant network services for several days.
-   **Solstice Advanced Materials Inc** (NASDAQ:SOLS) was down, falling 12% to $70.30 after the company announced that it will acquire Element Solutions for approximately $14.5 billion in cash and stock.

**Commodities**  
  
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.1% to $68.74 while gold traded up 0.8% at $4,158.60.

Silver traded up 2% to $62.275 on Monday, while copper rose 0.8% to $6.2165.

**Euro zone**

European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.5%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.7%. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4%, Germany’s DAX declined 0.1%, while France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.4%.

**Asia Pacific Markets**

Asian markets closed mixed on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.009%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gaining 1.14%, China’s Shanghai Composite slipping 0.06% and India’s BSE Sensex gaining 0.67%.

**Economics**

-   The S&P Global services PMI climbed to 51.2 in June from 50.7 in the prior month, but slightly lower from the flash reading of 51.3.
-   The S&P Global composite PMI rose to 51.9 in June from 51.5 in the previous month, but down from the preliminary reading of 52.2.
-   The ISM services PMI declined to 54.0 in June from 54.5 in May, in-line with market estimates.

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