🌅 Morning Market Update | 16.07.2025 🌍 📉 Wall Street ended mostly in the red despite upbeat bank earnings. Tech stocks stood their ground, boosted by news that advanced AI chip exports to China have been approved. 📊 Nasdaq: +0.18% | S&P 500: -0.4% | Dow Jones: -1% | Russell 2000: -2% 📈 Futures are flat across major US indices, while 🇪🇺 EU50 dips 0.3%. 🌏 In Asia-Pacific, the mood is mixed: 🔻 Australia’s ASX 200: -0.8% 🔻 South Korea’s Kospi: -0.9% 🔻 India’s Nifty 50: -0.25% 🔺 China’s HSCEI: +0.2% 🔺 Japan’s Nikkei 225: +0.5% 🚖 Baidu shares jumped 5% in Hong Kong after announcing a global autonomous taxi partnership with Uber. 💬 Dallas Fed’s Lorie Logan warned that high rates may stay longer to tame inflation, but hinted at possible cuts if both inflation and jobs ease. 📈 30-year Treasury yields hold just above 5%. 🤝 Trump declared the US may seal 2 or 3 new trade deals before 1 August, including one with 🇮🇩 Indonesia — eliminating all US tariffs and boosting Boeing orders in return for a 19% import tariff. 💱 On the forex front: 🔻 USD index pulls back (-0.1%) 🟢 AUDUSD: +0.17% 🟢 EURUSD: +0.15% to 1.1618 🟢 USDCHF: -0.06% ⚖️ USDJPY: flat ✨ Precious metals shine: 🥇 Gold: +0.4% to $3,337 🥈 Silver: +0.35% to $37.84 🔁 Platinum: +1.7% 🔼 Palladium: +0.8% 💹 Crypto bounce: 🟠 Bitcoin: +1.3% to $117,980 🔵 Ethereum: +3.4% to $3,146 🚀 Stay ahead of the markets with NordFX – your gateway to smarter trading!