About this episode

US equity markets experienced modest gains amid rising US-Iran tensions and cooler than expected inflation data.

US equity markets logged modest gains as investors balanced rising US Iran tensions against cooler than expected June inflation data and a wave of major bank earnings. Dow edged 10 points higher as investors digested second quarter results from a number of components. Broader S&P 500 adding 0.4 of a percent.

Topics covered

• US equity markets
• US-Iran tensions
• inflation data
• bank earnings
• S&P 500
• Dow

Keywords

• US equity markets
• Iran tensions
• inflation data
• bank earnings
• S&P 500
• Dow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgans Financial Limited

Places: US, Iran

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