Thursday, 4 June 2026: Five Session Stretch Broken as US Markets Retreat

About this episode

US equity markets retreated, breaking a five session stretch of record closing highs as oil prices and bond yields climbed.

US equity markets retreated, breaking a five session stretch of record closing highs for the three benchmark indices as oil prices and bond yields climbed. Dow was down 621 points or 1.2%. IBM down 7.2% to be the worst performer in the 30 stock index. Honeywell and Salesforce both fell 5.1%, while all of American Express, Boeing, Microsoft, and Nvidia fell over 3%. On the upside, Amgen and Walmart both gained over 3%. US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said that Iranian drones unsuccessfully attempted to attack American forces in Kuwait.

Topics covered

• US equity markets
• record closing highs
• oil prices
• bond yields
• stock performance
• Iranian drones
• military actions

Keywords

• US markets
• equity retreat
• stock performance
• oil prices
• bond yields
• Iranian drones
• Kuwait

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IBM, Honeywell, Salesforce, American Express, Boeing, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amgen, Walmart, US Central Command

Places: Kuwait

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