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Market Pulse Oil stayed high. Brent held around $104–105 a barrel in morning trade as the market weighed attacks on Hormuz shipping against possible easing of sanctions on some shadow-fleet tankers. Gulf bourses fell. Saudi Arabia’s index lost 0.3% and Dubai’s 1.1% as the Houthis threaten fresh strikes on Saudi airports and oil facilities. No … Read more

Market Pulse Hot inflation print. US consumer prices rose 3.7% year on year in September (3.4% in August, 3.6% expected). Core inflation hit 2.6% year on year. Both beat forecasts (Reuters via Detroit News, TheStreet, tier B). The market now prices roughly a 46% chance that the Fed hikes rates at its October 28 meeting, … Read more

Market Pulse No closing numbers today. I could not find reliable closing data for US indices, oil, gold, bitcoin or the dollar index, so I am not inventing any (no A or B tier confirmation). Last verified context: oil stays expensive, Brent above $100, and markets are driven by Gulf risk and whether the “energy … Read more

Market Moment Oil whipsawed after the “energy ceasefire” claim. Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine overnight Sunday. Crude first fell more than 1%, then rebounded as Zelensky said Moscow had already violated it (Reuters, Yahoo Finance, tier B). Brent swung between $103 and $107, WTI between $90 and $94. Figures differ across … Read more

Market Moment Sunday, markets closed. Last close on Friday: S&P 500 around 7,811, Nasdaq around 27,366, Dow Jones around 51,655, 10-year US yield 5.24%. No fresh prices today, so Monday’s open will show how the market prices in the Riyadh strike. Commodities, latest data. WTI about $91.7, Brent about $104.7, gold about $4,196, bitcoin about … Read more

Market Moment The week ended in the green. At Friday’s close the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 7,811, the Nasdaq 0.64% to 27,366 and the Dow Jones 0.8% to 51,655. Tuesday’s record (7,819) stayed just a few points out of reach. Telecom carnage. SpaceX agreed to buy Grain Management’s 800 MHz spectrum for roughly $8 … Read more

Market Pulse Chips dragged the Nasdaq. At Thursday’s close the S&P 500 finished at 7,765 (-0.47%), the Nasdaq at 27,193 (-1.25%), while the Dow Jones edged up 0.1% to 51,232. The semiconductor index fell about 3.4% after news that OpenAI’s annualized revenue run rate at end-September was about $50 billion, not the $68–70 billion discussed … Read more

Market Pulse Chips drag the market down. As of the evening (US trading still open), the S&P 500 sits near 7,750 (-0.6%), the Nasdaq near 27,150 (-1.4%), and the Dow is almost flat around 51,140. The semiconductor index fell nearly 4%, Oracle more than 5%. The trigger: OpenAI’s revenue. Citing financial documents, the Financial Times … Read more

Market Moment Records reversed. As of the evening (US trading still under way) the S&P 500 stood around 7,800 points (-0.2%), the Nasdaq around 27,510 (-0.3%), the Dow Jones around 51,210 (-0.6%). Yesterday the first two closed at all-time highs. Bonds squeeze again. The 30-year US Treasury yield touched 5.73% intraday, the highest since May … Read more

Market Pulse Fresh records. As of the evening (US trading still open), the S&P 500 sits near 7,827 (+0.7%) and the Nasdaq near 27,650 (+0.6%). Both indices hit all-time highs. The Dow is around 51,530 (+0.5%). Three stocks, a fifth of the market. Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft now make up more than 21% of the … Read more

Market moment Stocks up, bonds down. As of the evening (US trading still under way), the S&P 500 is around 7,775 (+0.7%), the Nasdaq around 27,450 (+1%), the Dow around 51,300 (+0.2%). Chipmakers are leading the Nasdaq after Musk confirmed talks with TSMC about the Texas “Terafab” plant. Yields at their highest since 2002. The … Read more

Market moment Sunday, markets closed. US stocks ended the week near records: S&P 500 around 7,720, Nasdaq around 27,180. The 10-year Treasury yield holds at 5.28%, so this is not a cheap-money rally. Oil waits for the Asian open. Brent closed Friday slightly below $100, WTI around $91. There was no trading over the weekend, … Read more

Market moment Saturday, markets closed. US stocks ended the week near records: S&P 500 around 7,720, Nasdaq around 27,180, Dow Jones around 51,146. Friday’s bounce came from a weak labour market, not a strong economy. Yields stay high. The 10-year US Treasury yield ended the week at 5.28%, the 30-year at 5.57%. The equity rally … Read more

Market Pulse Weak jobs, strong stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 7,720, the Nasdaq gained 1.15% to 27,180 and the Dow added 0.43% to 51,146. Nvidia hit an intraday record of $237.87 a share, a market cap of $5.72 trillion. Payrolls disappoint. The US added just 29,000 non-farm jobs in September against expectations of … Read more

Market Pulse October opens under price pressure. Midway through the session, the S&P 500 stood at 7,663 (+0.15%), the Nasdaq at 26,897 (+0.13%), while the Dow barely moved at 50,884. Indices opened in the red but clawed back their losses. ISM manufacturing strong, prices even stronger. The manufacturing index came in at 54.5 for September … Read more

Market Pulse Softer inflation, but a nervous end to the quarter. The S&P 500 closed at 7,651.5 (−0.25%), the Dow Jones at 50,906 (−0.86%), while the Nasdaq rose to 26,861 (+0.24%). In September the Dow lost 4.3%, the S&P 500 0.45%, and the Nasdaq gained 1.9%. In the third quarter tech won, industrials and financials … Read more

Market Pulse Wall Street in the red for a second straight day. As of 21:00 Vilnius time (trading in New York still under way), the S&P 500 stood at 7,661 (−0.3%), the Nasdaq at 26,754 (−0.25%) and the Dow at 51,237 (−0.5%). The pressure came not from oil but from the consumer and artificial intelligence … Read more

Market Pulse The weekend’s rejection of Iran’s offer reached prices on Monday. The S&P 500 closed at 7,707.78 (−0.46%), the Nasdaq at 26,935.7 (−0.49%) and the Dow at 51,463.1 (−0.71%). The pressure came not from earnings but from the same triangle: oil, yields and the Fed. Brent jumped to $108.83 intraday but closed at $105.28. … Read more

Market Pulse Markets are closed on Sunday, so Friday remains the reference point. The S&P 500 closed at 7,743 (+0.51%), the Nasdaq at 27,069 (+0.5%) and the Dow at 51,829 (+0.93%). All three indices finished the week higher. Friday’s oil drop was built on a hope that fell apart on Saturday. WTI ended the week … Read more

Market Moment The week closed green even as bonds burned. On Friday the S&P 500 rose 0.51% to 7,743, the Nasdaq gained 0.5% to 27,069 and the Dow Jones added 0.93% to 51,829. All three indices finished the week higher. The US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.18%. Intraday it briefly neared its highest level … Read more

Market moment Bonds hit new highs again. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose to 5.225% on Friday, the highest since 2007. The 30-year reached 5.50%, a level not seen since 2004. Over four sessions the 10-year has climbed more than 23 basis points. Stocks barely care. Mid-session on Friday (21:00 Vilnius time) the S&P 500 … Read more

Market moment On Thursday bonds dragged stocks down and Hormuz pulled them back up. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose intraday to 5.17%, the highest since July 2007. The 30-year reached 5.43-5.46%, a level not seen since 2004. US mortgage rates climbed to 7.37%. Indices ended roughly where they started. The S&P 500 closed at … Read more

Market moment On Wednesday, bonds set the direction, not stocks. The US 10-year Treasury yield jumped from 4.96% on Tuesday evening to 5.07% at the close, touching 5.12% at the intraday peak. It has not been higher since July 2007, the days before the financial crisis. Indices followed. The S&P 500 fell 0.65% to 7,714.44, … Read more

Market snapshot Tuesday was the day the indices split, while the real story happened in the oil pit. The S&P 500 held at 7,770.06, adding just 0.07 percent, the Nasdaq rose 0.43 percent to 27,239.11, and the Dow Jones slid 0.36 percent to 51,863.84. On Monday the Nasdaq closed at a record 27,122.09, so Tuesday’s … Read more

Market Pulse The week opened as the last one closed, only in reverse. The S&P 500 climbed to 7,729.43, up 1.03 percent, the Nasdaq jumped 1.63 percent to 26,953.71, and the Dow Jones added 204.77 points, or 0.40 percent, to 51,887.41. Last week was mostly red. On Monday buyers came back through the same door … Read more

Market Pulse A quiet day before a loud one. The S&P 500 slipped 0.12%, the Dow 0.08% and the Nasdaq 0.16%. Tuesday’s close left the S&P at 7,677.24 and the Nasdaq at 26,151.30, so Wednesday changed almost nothing. The only lively corner was the Russell 2000, up 0.50%. The market sat on its hands because … Read more

Market Pulse Third straight week in the green, but Friday closed red. The S&P 500 finished at 7,785.76, down 13.23 points or 0.2%. The Nasdaq slipped to 26,729.16, down 0.3%, and the Dow to 53,732.41, down 0.2%. Markets were shut over the weekend, so this is still Friday’s close. Three consecutive weekly gains held, even … Read more

Market Pulse Indexes split, and the reason is one word, Hormuz. Mid-session in New York the Dow was up about 0.9% near 54,550 and back at a record, the S&P 500 sat almost flat around 7,742, while the Nasdaq slid about half a percent. Money is rotating out of tech and into cyclicals. The market … Read more

Market Pulse S&P 500 bounced. The index rose 0.8 percent Thursday after Wednesday’s slide down to 7,482. Money went right back to the AI trade, tuning out everything else. Nasdaq led. Up 1.3 percent, carried by the chipmakers. SK Hynix’s US trading debut helped the mood. Dow modestly up. The Dow added 139 points after … Read more

Market snapshot The record lasted one day. On Thursday the S&P 500 closed above 7,800 for the first time, precisely at 7,798.99, the Nasdaq added 0.81 percent to 26,803, and the Dow barely moved at 53,840. On Friday all three slipped, the S&P 500 and the Dow by a fifth of a percent, the technology … Read more

Market snapshot The S&P 500 rose 0.38 percent to 7,543. The Nasdaq added 0.9 percent to 26,107, pulled along by semiconductors. The Dow barely moved at 52,508, because IBM fell about a quarter after warning of weaker quarterly profit. One name took away what the chips gave. Oil is holding at monthly highs. WTI closed … Read more

Market snapshot Equities in the red. On Monday the S&P 500 slid 0.79 percent to 7,515, the Nasdaq fell 1.55 percent to 25,873, and the Dow held firmer, down only 0.26 percent to 52,499. Money runs from risk when war hangs over Hormuz again. Chips took the most. Nvidia down 3.5 percent, AMD down 4.2 … Read more

Market snapshot The Dow at a record. On Thursday, the last session before the long weekend (US exchanges were shut on Friday for Independence Day), the Dow Jones rose 1.14 percent to a record 52,900 points. The S&P 500 closed almost unmoved. The Nasdaq lagged. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.61 percent, with technology pressed by … Read more

Market snapshot Wall Street was locked. July 3 was a holiday, with Independence Day moved from the Saturday, so the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow did not move. The last mark stands from Thursday: the Dow at a record 52,900, the S&P at 7,483 almost flat, the Nasdaq at 25,833 and down 0.8 … Read more

Market snapshot Equities at records. The Dow closed at 52,319 points, a second record close in a row. The Nasdaq rose 1.52 percent to 26,214 and the S&P 500 0.79 percent to 7,449. The second quarter ended with the best performance for the main US indices since the pandemic year of 2020. Bitcoin on the … Read more

Market snapshot Lithuania and the Baltics Europe Ukraine Geopolitics Central banks IPO radar What to watch tomorrow Meška’s comment The nerve of the week is not oil and not Iran, it is SpaceX. When a seventy-five billion dollar debut returns to its starting price in two weeks, and a frightened OpenAI pushes its own listing … Read more

Yesterday the markets showed a rare picture. Oil is falling, and yet gold and bitcoin are falling along with it. That does not usually happen. The answer sits in one word: the dollar. Market snapshot The S&P 500 closed at 7,358, almost flat, down 0.10 percent. The index is waiting to hear what Micron’s results … Read more

Market snapshot Equities recovered after the Fed shock. The S&P 500 finished at 7,500.58 (+1.08 percent), the Nasdaq at 26,517.93 (+1.91 percent), the Dow at 51,564.70 (+0.14 percent). That is Thursday’s close, June 18, because US exchanges were shut on Friday for Juneteenth. After Wednesday’s hawkish turn at the Fed, technology bounced back fastest. Oil … Read more

# Daily Brief 2026-05-17 Sunday morning, the week ended with opposing messages stacking on top of each other. Trump returned from Beijing with 200 Boeings and a vague Chinese favor on Iran. Warsh officially took the Fed chairman’s seat on Friday, with Powell stepping down but staying on the board until 2028. The bond market … Read more

Markets snapshot – S&P 500 closed Friday at a new record, around 7,580 points, the ninth straight week of gains. The market rises as if geopolitics no longer existed. – Nasdaq finished May up about 8 percent, also new highs. The engine is one, the artificial intelligence (AI) fever. – Dell shares jumped 32 percent, … Read more

Markets snapshot Lithuania and the Baltics Europe Ukraine Geopolitics Central banks IPO radar Analyst voices What to watch tomorrow Meška’s note Friday was a pure lesson in how the late cycle works. A strong labor reading should have been good news, but to the market good news is bad news, because it closes the door … Read more

Markets snapshot – Tech fell. Nasdaq dropped almost a percent to 25,678 points, the S&P 500 lost 0.26% to 7,387. The Dow, on the contrary, added 86 points to 50,872. The reason is simple, Trump hinted at new strikes on Iran after it targeted an American helicopter, and tech stocks ran first. – Gold cheapened. … Read more

Markets snapshot – Everything bounced. After Wednesday’s drop the exchanges rose sharply. The S&P 500 added 1.75%, Nasdaq a full 2.54%, the Dow jumped about 930 points and got back above 50,800. The reason is one: Trump called off the planned strikes on Iran and hinted that a peace deal could be signed as soon … Read more

# Daily Brief 2026-06-12 Markets snapshot – Bounce and doubt. On Thursday Wall Street shot up on hopes of Iran peace: S&P 500 +1.75% to 7,394, Nasdaq +2.54% to 25,810, Dow +930 points (+1.86%) to 50,849. By Friday the strength was gone, the indices split, the Dow added about 0.4%, Nasdaq gave back half a … Read more

Markets snapshot – S&P 500 closed nearly flat, down 0.02 percent at 7563 points. The Nasdaq slid 0.16 percent, the Dow Jones dropped harder, down 0.63 percent. Indices paused after the record set on Tuesday and Wednesday. – WTI crude hovered around 89 USD per barrel, ending the month roughly 12 percent in the red. … Read more

Yesterday markets ignored two bad headlines at once. US producer prices jumped +6% year on year, the biggest leap since December 2022, and Boston Fed President Collins openly mentioned that rate hikes might be needed. The S&P, Nasdaq and Dow set fresh records anyway. Trump landed in Beijing, Putin is talking about ending the war, … Read more

Yesterday markets exhaled. Iran sends a peace proposal, oil drops, equity indices punch new records. But underneath the shine sit four wars, two contested ceasefire offers and a central bank that can no longer pretend inflation is transitory. Below, what you actually need to know this morning. Markets snapshot – S&P 500 closed at 7,259.22 … Read more

Markets S&P 500 closed near 7,136 points, practically flat (+0.11%), squeezed between two opposing forces: oil price pressure from above and Fed rate “support” from below. Nasdaq moved similarly. In the tech sector, only the AI names are rising right now, the rest are flat. Gold jumped to $4,637 (+1.65%), a classic geopolitical insurance reaction … Read more

Markets S&P 500 closed near 7,137.90 (+1.05%), Nasdaq rose faster: +1.64%, to 24,657.57. Tech stocks recovered part of the week’s losses, helped by the rhetoric around the Fed decision. Dow Jones more modestly: +0.69%, to 49,490.03. The old-economy thermometer signals cautious optimism today, not euphoria. BTC jumped +3.77%, to $78,567, a clear reaction to the … Read more

Markets snapshot – S&P 500 closed at 7,129.80 (–0.13%) — a directionless day; the market is waiting for after-the-bell Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta reports. – Nasdaq 24,661.95 (–0.01%) — practically frozen. The week’s entire risk premium sits in Big Tech earnings, not today’s session. – Dow Jones 48,815.01 (–0.67%) — the toughest tape for … Read more

# Daily summary: 2026-04-29 Markets – S&P 500 closed at 7,129.80 (-0.13%), a session without clear direction, with the market waiting on after-hours reports from Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta. – Nasdaq 24,661.95 (-0.01%), practically frozen. The week’s entire added value sits in the Big Tech reports, not in today’s session. – Dow Jones 48,815.01 … Read more

Daily Brief 2026-04-24 Market Snapshot S&P 500 –0.41% to 7,108, Nasdaq –0.89% to 24,438, DJI –0.36% to 49,310. The tech sector mood was spoiled by two quarterly reports: IBM dropped more than 8%, ServiceNow nearly 18%. Both cited the Middle East war as a direct drag on subscription and software sales. This is no longer … Read more

Daily Brief 2026-04-22 (Late) Market Snapshot S&P 500 closed at 7,089 (–0.28%) – opened higher after Trump’s announcement extending the ceasefire, but the day’s optimism faded along with the uncertainty over Iran talks. Nasdaq 24,365 (–0.16%), Dow Jones around 49,400 – same dynamic: morning with hope, evening without it. Gold $4,765/oz (–1.32%) – the day’s … Read more

Daily Brief 2026-04-22 Market Snapshot S&P 500 –0.63% to 7,064 – fourth negative day in five. Markets are not capitulating, but not buying either; while Hormuz remains unclear, the risk premium persists. Nasdaq –0.59% (24,259), DJI –0.59% (49,149) – the selloff is broad, not sectoral. Gold $4,728, –2.09% – correction after the record $4,850, but … Read more

Daily Brief | 2026-04-16 Market Snapshot Small move, large zone. S&P 500 isn’t cheering today — just quietly holding near record territory, because the market is buying expectation, not fact. The expectation today: Iran ceasefire might be extended. As long as it’s uncertain, the market won’t dare to sell aggressively or buy aggressively. S&P 500: … Read more

Market Snapshot S&P 500 crossed 7,100 – close +1.50%, new all-time highs after several weeks of anxiety. Nasdaq — 13th consecutive session – +1.71%. This streak was last seen in 1992. A statistical fact, not a signal — but it tells you how much accumulated capital was waiting for any excuse to buy. DJI jumped … Read more

# Daily Brief — 2026-04-15 — 1. Market Snapshot – S&P 500 closed at 6,967 (+1.18%) — less than 1% from the all-time high at 7,002. Today’s futures show stability: the market is waiting to see whether the second round of negotiations with Iran will be real or rhetorical. – Nasdaq +1.96% to 23,639 — … Read more

Market Snapshot Lithuania and the Baltics Europe Ukraine Geopolitics IPO Radar What to Watch Tomorrow Meška’s Comment Hormuz today is not an oil story and not an Iran story. It is a test: can the US in 2026 still dictate to others what sails through that strait. The answer is still unclear, but the contours … Read more

# Daily Brief — 2026-04-10 – Fed speakers (after hawkish FOMC minutes). – Gold: will it hold $3,250? 1. Market Moment – S&P 500 gained two weeks straight, ~6,825 — already the seventh session in a row, the longest streak since last autumn. The market rode ceasefire euphoria, but yesterday Tehran’s comments began to overturn … Read more

Market Moment Today everything revolves around one word: ceasefire. The US and Iran agreed on a two-week truce, Tehran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, and markets reacted as if after a long oxygen-deprived period — with a deep breath. S&P 500 up 2.55%, Nasdaq up 3.50%, Dow up 2.17%. Oil fell sharply — … Read more

Market Snapshot Tuesday revolved around one question — would Trump press the button at 20:00 Washington time, or not. Markets bet that he probably would. S&P 500 fell 0.9%, Nasdaq dropped 1.3% to 21,854, Dow lost 382 points. WTI oil broke through the $115 mark — up 3% for the day, as Hormuz remains closed … Read more

Market Snapshot S&P 500 – 6,816.89 (-0.11%). The technology sector held its ground (Nvidia +2.58%, Amazon +2.05%), but traditional industry retreated under the full weight of geopolitics. Nasdaq – 22,902.89 (+0.35%). The only one of the three major indices to close in positive territory today. The AI wave’s centre of gravity is holding. Dow Jones … Read more

Market Snapshot S&P 500 closed at 6,886 points (+1.02%), Nasdaq – 23,184 (+1.23%). Markets are rising for the second consecutive day, even with oil above $100. The reason: the probability that the Hormuz crisis will not escalate into a broader military conflict appeared greater today than yesterday. Gold – $4,748 per ounce, near record highs. … Read more