Market round-up: Big tech beats, Tariff hopes, Gold's luster dims

  • Strong tech earnings empower US equities

  • USDInd tests key resistance at 100.20 ahead of NFP 

  • Tariff hopes send gold to 2-week low

  • XAUUSD: NFP sparked moves of ↑ 1.0% & ↓ 2.3% over past year

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Can Microsoft’s earnings narrow stock’s gap with record high?

  • Microsoft still 15.7% below record high; down 6.5% so far in 2025
     
  • US$2.93T tech titan set to unveil fiscal Q3 earnings after US markets close Wed, April 30th
     
  • Investors eager for updates on AI demand via Microsoft’s data center capex, Azure growth
     
  • Microsoft shares forecasted to move 4.3% up/down when US markets reopen Thursday

Is Bitcoin headed for $100k?

  • Bitcoin ↑ 15% in April 

  • Boosted by trade hopes and Fed cut bets

  • Bitcoin ETFs see 7th consecutive day of inflows

  • Over past year NFP triggered moves of ↑ 4.4% & ↓ 4.1%

  • Technical levels: $95,000 & $93,000

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Week Ahead: US500 braces for massive week of risk events

  • US500 rebounds 15% from 2025 low

  • Meta, Microsoft, Amazon & Apple make almost 20% of US500 weight

  • US GDP, PCE & NFP report could impact Fed cut bets 

  • NFP sparked moves of ↑ 1.2% & ↓ 3.2% over past year

  • Technical levels: 50-day SMA, 5500 & 5300

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Market round-up: Fed Cut Hopes, Trade Uncertainty, Gold Rebounds

  • US equities rise on Fed cut bets; NAS100 hits 19200

  • China rejects Trump’s claims of ongoing tariff talks

  • Gold rebounds from biggest one-day loss in 2025 

  • Alphabet publishes earnings after US market close on Thursday

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Can Alphabet’s Q1 earnings arrest its stock’s slump?

  • Alphabet’s stocks down 19.2% year-to-date; market cap now US$ 1.86 trillion
     
  • Company set to unveil Q1 earnings after US markets close Thursday, April 24th
     
  • Investors eager for updates on Cloud margins, AI capex plans, tariff impact
     
  • Alphabet’s share price forecasted to move 5.8% up/down when US markets reopen Friday

Week Ahead: GBPUSD “golden cross” sets stage for bullish breakout

  • GBPUSD ↑ almost 3% MTD, trading near 2025 high  

  • “Golden cross” chart pattern signals potential bullish move 

  • UK data + Bailey speech + US data = heightened volatility?

  • UK retail sales sparked moves of ↑ 0.3% & ↓ 0.4% over past year

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Market round-up: Tariff hopes, ECB cuts, Gold shines

  • Markets eye US-Japan trade talks

  • ECB cuts rates for the seventh consecutive time

  • Gold touches fresh all-time high, ↑ 27% YTD

  • Oil extends rebound on supply risk

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CN50 waits on key China data

  • CN50 rebounds over 10% from 2025 low 

  • China GDP expected to slow to 5.2% in Q1

  • Index remains influenced by US-China trade war 

  • Technical levels: 13,180, 13,000 and 12,600

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Week Ahead: Dollar threatened by Trump’s tariff chaos

  • USDInd ↓ 4.5% MTD

  • Trump’s tariff chaos drags USDInd to lowest level since April 2022

  • US data + ECB meeting + BoC meeting = heightened volatility?

  • ECB meeting sparked moves of ↑ 0.3% & ↓ 0.3% over past year

  • Technical levels – 100.00, 99.30 & 98.00

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