{"id":958,"date":"2026-07-24T23:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/daily-summary-trumps-war-threats-weigh-on-markets-wall-street-sinks-into-the-red\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:23:03","slug":"daily-summary-trumps-war-threats-weigh-on-markets-wall-street-sinks-into-the-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goontrading.com\/en\/daily-summary-trumps-war-threats-weigh-on-markets-wall-street-sinks-into-the-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Summary: Trump’s War Threats Weigh on Markets. Wall Street Sinks into the Red"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\ude80 Experience Ultra-Low Latency Trading<\/a> — \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Trade with a Regulated Global Broker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcc8 Stock Market<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    The Wall Street session is dominated by sellers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, with the sell-off spreading across the entire market and putting American indices under significant pressure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The Dow Jones Index is down about 1%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>S&P 500 declines by roughly 1.2%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, while the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Nasdaq 100 drops by over 2%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Among the main drivers dragging the market down today are Alphabet and Tesla<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, whose shares are losing noticeably following their quarterly earnings releases.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Although both companies reported better-than-expected results<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, investor sentiment remains negative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    In Alphabet’s case, the market is focusing on rising AI expenditures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>; while the company continues to benefit from a strong advertising core and dynamic <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Google Cloud<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> growth, investors demand increasingly tangible returns on multi-billion-dollar AI investments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Concerns primarily center around high spending weighing on cash flows<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> in upcoming quarters before translating into higher profitability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Meanwhile Tesla, despite sales growth and ambitious plans<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> regarding autonomous driving, AI, and the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Optimus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> humanoid robot project, continues to face margin pressure and mounting EV competition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Intel’s results will be released after today’s session<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, with the company needing to demonstrate that its restructuring efforts are delivering tangible benefits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Significant declines dominated the European continent today<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, leaving most European indices in the red.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The British FTSE 100 fell 0.7%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>French CAC 40 dropped over 1.6%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>German DAX lost nearly 1.8%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Spanish IBEX 35 declined over 1.5%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Macroeconomics<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      The ECB (European Central Bank) kept interest rates unchanged<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      US weekly initial jobless claims dropped by 22,000 to just 187,000<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, reaching the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>lowest level since 1969<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>clearly beating market expectations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Labor market data confirms ongoing resilience<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>supporting the US Dollar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and potentially <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>strengthening arguments for the Fed to maintain a hawkish stance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \ud83c\udf10 Geopolitics<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        Escalation in the Middle East is driving a global risk-off sentiment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, sparking a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>marked increase in risk aversion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>flight to safe-haven assets<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Axios that he is considering a “massive attack” on Iran<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> that would be <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“bigger than ever before,”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> adding that he is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>close to making a final decision<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Markets interpreted these comments as a sign<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> that the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>conflict could enter a new, significantly more dangerous phase<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        The situation is further escalated by a wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> on targets in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait, following a twelfth night of US strikes on Iranian-linked targets.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Kuwaiti authorities reported an attack on the Al-Abdali border crossing with Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, demonstrating that <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>hostilities are extending further across the Persian Gulf region<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        The US State Department issued a warning<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, advising citizens in the Middle East to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>prepare for potential travel disruptions and flight cancellations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres warned at a Security Council meeting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> that the situation in the Middle East is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“spiraling out of control”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>called for the restoration of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, emphasizing that <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>diplomacy remains the only path forward<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Commodities<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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          Brent crude surged past the psychological $100 per barrel barrier for the first time since May<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, rising <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>over 6% following Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Investor anxiety centers heavily on oil transit security<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> across two vital maritime chokepoints: the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Bab al-Mandab Strait<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported intercepting three oil tankers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> attempting to navigate a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz; according to the statement, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>one tanker exploded and caught fire, while the other two retreated<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Further escalation involving Iran and threats to Persian Gulf shipping could sustain extreme oil market volatility<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>reinforce global risk-off sentiment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          The sell-off also extended to most industrial metals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \ud83e\ude99 Precious Metals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            Deteriorating market sentiment amid rising Middle East tensions is weighing on precious metals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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            Gold is down over 2%, testing the $4,050 level<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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            Silver declines by nearly 4%, falling below $60<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \ud83d\udcb5 Currencies<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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              As a result of escalating Middle East tensions, the US Dollar is strengthening<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> against major peers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              \ud83e\ude99 Cryptocurrencies<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                The broader market sell-off is also hitting digital assets<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Bitcoin is down nearly 2%, slipping below $65,000<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Ethereum drops almost 2.5%, sliding below $1,900<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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