About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of US markets ahead of the Non-Farm Payroll report, highlighting key stock movements and economic factors.

The S&P 500 fell on Thursday after hitting a new all-time intraday high as oil prices came back from sizable losses, with traders eyeing more developments between the U.S. and Iran. The broad market index fell 0.38% to close at 7,337.11, dragged lower by losses in Amazon as well as semiconductor stocks such as Broadcom and Micron Technology. The Nasdaq Composite slid 0.13% and ended at 25,806.20. The tech-heavy index had also scored a fresh all-time high during the session. The Dow Jones ...

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Host: Marcus Today

Topics covered

• US markets
• stock market
• oil prices
• trading
• economic indicators

Keywords

• S&P 500
• Nasdaq
• Dow Jones
• oil prices
• trading
• Amazon
• semiconductors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P 500, Amazon, Broadcom, Micron Technology, Nasdaq Composite

Places: U.S., Iran

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