Dow Jones-against Tuesday afternoon (local time New York) the US exchanges expand their losses. Technology values in particular come under pressure because investors switch into blue chips as it is called on the market. The Dow-Jones index is hardly modified at 44,930 points. The S&P-500 and the Nasdaq Composite decrease by 0.4 and 1.1 percent. The meeting of US President Trump with the Ukrainian President Selenskyj and afterwards with the European heads of state and government for peace in Ukraine was unsuccessful. A rapid termination of the war does not seem in sight. Now we are looking forward to the speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at the central bank meeting in Jackson Hole on Friday.
The result of the symposium should not be what the market is expecting, Paul Eitelman from Russell Investments writes in a comment. Powell’s statements could be less Dovish than the market expected, according to the global chief lagarge. “The Fed boss weighs up between a split open market committee and the opposite tendencies from downward risks for the employment and upward risks for inflation,” explains Eitelman. Russell investments holds one Interest rate Due to the Fed in September for “probably”, but not for “definitely”, and it would rather be 25 basis points than 50 basis points.
Data from the real estate market contained light and shadow. The construction of the construction work clearly increased in July, while analysts had expected a decline. The building permits were more than forecast.
On the company side, the focus is once again on the Intel share. After a Bloomberg report, according to which the US government is considering a 10 percent participation in the chip manufacturer Intel, has led to significant taxes, it is now 7.2 percent up. The Softbank Group will invest in the battered US chip manufacturers. Intel announced that the tech investor will acquire shares worth $ 2 billion at a price of $ 23 per share. Softbank thus comes to around 87 million Intel shares, with a share of around 2 percent, Japanese become sixth largest shareholders from Intel, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Home Depot implemented more in the second business quarter. However, the growth of the US hardware store chain was not as clear as expected, for which, among other things, unfavorable exchange rate developments contributed. The group confirmed the outlook for the year as a whole. The share wins 3.2 percent.
Palo Alto Networks rise by 4.3 percent after the IT security company exceeded the profit expectations for the fourth quarter of the business. The forecasts for the first quarter and the 2026 financial year were also above the estimates of the analysts.
Viking Therapeutics break up by 42 percent. A medication of the company for weight loss has led to a significant reduction in body weight in a phase II study, but a fifth of the test subjects broke off the study due to severe side effects.
Dollar gives slight
The US dollar shows up with a slight minus after the Ukraine talks. The dollar index loses 0.1 percent. The meeting between Selenskyj and Trump was certainly better than feared, said Volkmar Baur from Commerzbank. At least compared to the disastrous meeting in February. However, it will still have to be shown whether progress was really made towards a ceasefire or even peace in Ukraine.
The oil prices release their pre -daily gains and tend more easily. The meeting in the White House did not make a decisive breakthrough, but it increases the view of a following meeting between Selenskyj and Putin, according to Ing. However, the markets are not convinced that there will be a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine before the end of the year, the analysts say.
The bonds regarding the “safe port” are easily searched. The yield of ten years of US state bonds falls by 3 basis points to 4.31 percent. Here also supports that Standard & Poor’s has confirmed the creditworthiness of the USA and expects that the robust income from the customs system introduced will help compensate for the expected deterioration of the budget as a result of the latest changes in the law. Gold has made initial profits and tends a little easier.
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Index last +/- % absolutely +/- % ytd
DJIA 44,929.86 +0.0% 18.04 +5.6%
S & P -500 6.421.76 -0.4% -27.39 +9.6%
NASDAQ Comp 21.390.52 -1% -239.26 +12.0%
Nasdaq 100 23,463.45 -1% -250.31 +12.9%
Last +/- % 0:00 Mon, 18:22 % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1658 -0.0% 1.1662 1.1665 +12.6%
EUR/JPY 172.10 -0.2% 172.39 172.35 +5.8%
EUR/CHF 0.9408 -0.1% 0.9416 0.9414 +0.3%
EUR/GBP 0.8643 +0.1% 0.8632 0.8627 +4.3%
USD/JPY 147.62 -0.1% 147.83 147.76 -6.0%
GBP/USD 1.3488 -0.2% 1.3509 1.3521 +7.9%
USD/CNY 7.1351 +0.0% 7.1350 7.1338 -1.0%
USD 7.1868 -0.0% 7.1872 7.1874 -2.0%
From/USD 0.6460 -0.5% 0.6492 0.6494 +4.9%
Bitcoin/USD 113,743.60 -2.6% 116,722.60 116.133.20 +23.2%
Rohoel last VT-Settlem. +/- % +/- USD % YTD
WTI/Nymex 62.62 63.42 -1.3% -0.80 -12.2%
Brent/ICE 65.86 66.60 -1% -0.74 -11.6%
Metals last the last day +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 3,319,33 334.00 -0.4% -14.67 +27.0%
Silver 37.47 38.03 -1.5% -0.55 +31.7%
Platin 1,130,53 1,137.93 -0.7% -7.40 +29.9%
Copper 4.43 4.47 -0.9% -0.04 +7.8%
YTD based on the final score of the previous day
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August 19, 2025 12:33 ET (16:33 GMT)
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