Morning traders. Thanks loungers, especially @Ravgnome and @Patterns.
Outlook for the day: Positive following gains in key commodities and a mixed but broadly supportive session on Wall Street.
ASX futures: up 17 points or 0.24%
Overnight themes:
- The S&P 500 and Nasdaq break losing streaks as tech stocks rally ahead of trading updates later this week. The Dow logs its fourth loss in five sessions.
- Nvidia soars 8.47% after HSBC upgrades its price target. The chipmaker, due to delivers earnings on Wednesday, has soared more than 200% this year on expectations it will be a big winner from AI.
- The tech sector jumps 2.26% as semiconductor stocks rally.
- The Nasdaq and S&P 500 are coming off three-week losing runs as rising yields dent support for rate-sensitive growth stocks.
- Defensive sectors drag as treasury yields touch their highest level since 2007. Real estate, consumer staples and energy are the night's worst performers.
- Iron ore rises to a three-week high as steel-makers delay implementing government-decreed productions cuts. Industrial metals rally after Chinese policymakers pledge further support for the economy.
- Global X's exchange-traded fund of battery metal miners bounces off a two-and-a-half year low. The ETF breaks an 11-session losing run as Chinese lithium prices steady.
Key events today:
- US housing, regional manufacturing data - tonight
S&P 500: up 30 points or 0.69%
Dow: down 37 points or 0.11%
Nasdaq: up 207 points or 1.56%
Dollar: down 0.02% to 64.12 US cents
Iron ore (Dalian): up 0.91% to US$106.35
Brent crude: down 34 US cents or 0.4% to US$84.46
Gold: up US$6.50 or 0.3% to US$1,923
NYSE Arca Gold Bugs: up 0.59%
Copper (LME): up 0.58% to US$8,288
Nickel (LME): up 0.05% to US$20,140
Lithium carbonate (China spot): steady at US$31,256
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF: up 1.32% (1st gain in 12 sessions)
BHP: up 0.79% (US); up 0.66% (UK)
Rio Tinto: up 1.05% (US); up 0.37% (UK)
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