{"id":1029,"date":"2026-07-30T23:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/daily-summary-equities-rally-on-not-so-hawkish-fed-and-ai-trade-revival-yen-dominates-fx-oil-retreats-30-07-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:36:55","slug":"daily-summary-equities-rally-on-not-so-hawkish-fed-and-ai-trade-revival-yen-dominates-fx-oil-retreats-30-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/daily-summary-equities-rally-on-not-so-hawkish-fed-and-ai-trade-revival-yen-dominates-fx-oil-retreats-30-07-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Summary: Equities rally on not-so-hawkish Fed and AI trade revival, Yen dominates FX, oil retreats (30.07.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\ud83d\udcc8 Equities & Market Overview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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    Wall Street Rebounds: <\/strong>US stock futures bounced back strongly, propelled by blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Lam Research, combined with a less hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve. S&P 500 futures (US500) gained 1.6%, while Dow Jones futures (US30) added 1.1%. Attention shifts to earnings from Amazon, Apple, and Chevron after the market close.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Tech & AI Surge: <\/strong>Nasdaq 100 futures (US100) surged 3.4% as capital rotated heavily out of value and defensive names (Apple, Walmart, Chevron, PepsiCo) into tech and semiconductors (+5.5% sector gain). The AI trade was reignited by stellar results from Microsoft (+17%, driven by 43% Azure growth) and Lam Research (+30% revenue), lifting the broader SaaS and chipmaker ecosystem.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    European Rally:<\/strong> European markets closed significantly higher across the board, led by Spain’s IBEX 35 (SPA35: +2.0%), Italy’s FTSE MIB (ITA40: +1.9%), Dutch AEX (+1.65%), Polish WIG20 (W20: +1.2%), German DAX (DE40: +1.1%), French CAC 40 (FRA40: +1.1%), and British FTSE 100 (UK100: +0.7%).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \ud83d\udcca Macroeconomic Highlights<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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      US GDP: <\/strong>Q2 2026 GDP growth slowed to an annualized 1.5% (vs. 2.1% forecast and prior), weighed down by declining exports, government spending, and reduced business investment amid war-driven uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      US PCE: <\/strong>Personal consumption came in at 0.3% (vs. 0.4% expected). Core PCE inflation marginally missed monthly expectations at 0.1% MoM (vs. 0.2% expected; 3.3% YoY in line), signaling milder short-term price pressures.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Euro Area Unemployment:<\/strong> Eurozone unemployment held steady at 6.3% in June, matching May’s reading.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \ud83c\udfe6 Central Banks & FX<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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        Bank of England (BoE): <\/strong>The BoE maintained its main interest rate at 3.75% in a tighter-than-expected 6\u20133 vote (Pill, Greene, and Mann voted for a 25 bps hike). Governor Bailey supported the pause, and slightly less hawkish messaging leaves a September rate hike uncertain. GBPUSD rose 0.8%.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Foreign Exchange (FX): <\/strong>The US Dollar extended its post-FOMC sell-off (USDIDX: -0.9%). The Japanese Yen outperformed all G10 peers amid suspected FX intervention by Japanese authorities (USDJPY: -2.7%, EURJPY: -2.1%). Risk currencies rallied (AUDUSD: +1.2%, NZDUSD: +1.6%), while EURUSD gained 0.6% to 1.1530.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Commodities & Precious Metals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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          Energy: <\/strong>Crude oil prices pulled back, with Brent futures falling 1.1% to $87.20\/bbl and WTI sliding 0.5% to $84.30\/bbl. European natural gas futures dropped 4.0%, whereas NYMEX natural gas gained 0.9%.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Precious Metals:<\/strong> Gold and silver rebounded alongside a weaker dollar and lower rate expectations. Gold rose 1.0% to $4,105\/oz, while Silver gained 2.05% to $58.84\/oz.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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          \ud83d\ude80 Experience Ultra-Low Latency Trading — \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Trade with a Regulated Global Broker \u00a0 \ud83d\udcc8 Equities & Market Overview Wall Street Rebounds: US stock futures bounced back strongly, propelled by blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Lam Research, combined with a less hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve. S&P 500 futures (US500) gained 1.6%, while Dow …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-forex-forum-goontrading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}