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Stocks jump with tech shares; dollar dips after recent gains – Apr 25 2025

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25/04/2025

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Today’s Key Market Moves

The S&P 500 closes up 2.02%, the Nasdaq Composite ends 2.74% higher and Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 1.23%.
The dollar falls 0.6% against the yen, trading at 142.52. The euro rises 0.7%.
Gold closes up 1.85%.
The 10-year Treasury note yield falls 7.6 basis points to 4.311%.
Brent crude oil falls 0.4% to $66.38 a barrel.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index rises 0.36%, while Europe’s broad FTSEurofirst 300 index rises 0.40%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan closes down 0.33%, while Japan’s Nikkei rises 0.49%.

Today’s key reads

Index	Last	Change	% Change
trading higher Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI	40,093.40	+486.83	1.23%Positive
trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC	17,166.04	+457.99	2.74%Positive
trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX	5,484.77	+108.91	2.03%

Index	Last	Change	% Change
trading higher Nikkei Index .N225	35,426.27	+387.12	1.10%Positive
trading higher Hang Seng Index .HSI	22,055.26	+145.50	0.66%

Fixed Income

U.S. Treasury yields declined amid hopes for lower-than-feared tariffs.
U.S. 10-year notes fell 7.8 bps to 4.309%, from 4.387% late on Wednesday.

Equities

Major stock indexes rose on Thursday, led by technology shares as investors awaited further developments in the U.S.-China trade conflict.
First-quarter earnings mixed.

(IBM.N), slumped after the company said 15 of its government contracts were shelved under a cost-cutting drive by the Trump administration.

(.DJI), rose 486.83 points, or 1.23%, to 40,093.40, SPX rose 108.91 points, or 2.03%, to 5,484.77 (.IXIC), rose 457.99 points, or 2.74%, to 17,166.04.
MSCI’s global (.MIWD00000PUS), rose 11.65 points, or 1.44%, to 819.86. Nikkei rose 0.5%.

Forex

DXY eased against major currencies. EUR up 0.63% at $1.1383. JPY at $142.61.

Commodities

Gold gained after falling more than 3% in the previous session. XAU rising 1.4% to $3,333.90 an ounce.

Oil rose as investors weighed the weaker USD. Brent rose 43 cents, or 0.7%, to $66.55 a barrel. U.S. crude rose 52 cents, or 0.8%, to $62.79.

For more news visit Reuters.com

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