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August 11, 2026

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Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities

On Monday, U.S. stocks eased, with the S&P 500 slipping 4 points (-0.06%) to 7,753, the Nasdaq 100 down 100 points (-0.34%) to 29,621, and the Dow Jones down 60 points (-0.11%) to 53,975.

Intel (INTC) slipped 4.06% after announcing plans to sell shares to raise 15 billion dollars, which will be used in AI-related capital spending.

Other semiconductor stocks also closed lower, with Arm Holdings (ARM) losing 5.21%, Nvidia (NVDA) down 2.86%, and Micron (MU) down 1.89%.

Software stocks outperformed the market, with Palo Alto Networks (PANW) rising 5.82%, Adobe (ADBE) up 2.92%, and Palantir (PLTR) up 1.87%.

Apple (AAPL) fell 1.62% after being downgraded to "underperform" by Jefferies.

Trade Desk (TTD) declined 2.97% after being downgraded to "sell" by Citigroup.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rebounded 5.6 basis points to 4.705%.

In Europe, the DAX 40 edged up 0.02%, the CAC added 0.13%, while the FTSE 100 was down 0.35%.

U.S. WTI crude futures jumped 3.95 dollars (+5.05%) to 82.13 dollars a barrel. Expectations for a deal between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz were dampened, as both the U.S. and Iran demanded war compensations from each other.

Spot gold advanced a further 48 dollars (+1.11%) to 4,389 dollars an ounce.

Market Wrap: Forex

The U.S. dollar rebounded against major currencies, with USD/JPY jumping 155 pips (+0.98%) to 159.33, and USD/CHF up 22 pips to 0.8102.

Major U.S. inflation data will be released on Wednesday.

GBP/USD advanced 15 pips to 1.3503.

Meanwhile, EUR/USD dropped 17 pips to 1.1541.

AUD/USD declined 15 pips to 0.7052.

Bitcoin fell more than 1% to levels below 64,000 dollars.

Morning Trading

In Asian trading hours, AUD/USD was broadly flat at 0.7052. The Reserve Bank of Australia kept its benchmark rate unchanged at 4.35% as expected.

Meanwhile, EUR/USD and GBP/USD were relatively stable, at 1.1540 and 1.3508 respectively.

USD/JPY was steady at 159.25.

Gold rose to 4,411 dollars.

Bitcoin was little changed to 63,999 dollars.

Expected Today

In the U.S., existing home sales are expected to drop 0.7% month-on-month in July.

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