U.S. equities powered to fresh record highs by midday Tuesday as blowout guidance from Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) and a Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) earnings beat reignited the AI trade, while crude oil tumbled more than 5% on growing conviction that a deal to reopen the Strait of Horm…
The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June 2025, well below a downwardly revised 129,000 in May and forecasts of 110,000. It is the lowest job gain in four months, following three consecutive months of stronger-than-expected gains, per Trading Economics.Average hourly earnings for all employees on…
S&P 500 FUTURES STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY, YIELDS SLIP, AFTER JOBS DATAS&P 500 futures have edged higher after the release of the latest labor market data.E-mini S&P 500 futures CME_MINI:ES1! are now up around 0.25% vs. a gain of about 0.15% just before the numbers came out.The June headline jobs number…
