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First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) shares climbed around 8% in premarket trading after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order introducing a 15% tariff alongside minimum import price requirements for polysilicon and its downstream products. The measures, implemented under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, will take effect on 4 December 2026.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU26) are up +0.25%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.55% this morning, rebounding from yesterday’s losses, while investors await the key U.S. jobs report for fresh clues on the Federal Reserve’s policy path.

Despite reaching the milestone, the agency has still yet to launch a capability to process finally liquidated entries as a Department of Justice appeal lingers.

Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds recorded outflows in the week to August 5 as some investors cashed in gains after a record-setting market rally and awaited Friday's July jobs report, a key input

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A sharp technology-led rally that has lifted the U.S. stock market to record peaks will be tested next week by fresh inflation data, which could build

Wall Street awaited the July jobs report for a fresh picture of the labor market.

Wall Street awaited the July jobs report for a fresh picture of the labor market.

Investing.com - Today's nonfarm payrolls print above 150,000 could push the S&P 500 down nearly 2%, according to JPMorgan Market Intelligence, as stronger hiring would cement higher-for-longer Federal Reserve pricing and put fresh upward pressure on Treasury yields.

Investors stood their ground ahead of a hotly anticipated jobs report and potential progress in Middle East talks.

US stock futures traded close to unchanged on Friday as investors awaited the latest employment data, a key release that could influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision. Markets were also monitoring renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following a fresh Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, while reports suggested Iran and Oman are nearing an agreement over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Investors were in wait-and-see mode early Friday ahead of a July jobs report that will help determine whether the Federal Reserve’s next move is to hike, hold, or even cut interest rates. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid 60 points, or 0.1%.

The bond market is telling quite a tale for those willing to listen.

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World shares were mixed Friday after a modest retreat on Wall Street, while the price of Brent crude gained more than 1%. In early European trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.4% to 26,253.77, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher to 8,715.47. Selling of computer chipmakers and other stocks linked to the boom in artificial intelligence appeared to taper off a bit as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 0.1% to 65,606.71.

Cloud companies’ capex would run at roughly 3% of the U.S. GDP every year from 2027 to 2029, up from 0.3% of GDP in 2019 and 1.4% in 2025, according to a top economist.

Joby Aviation Inc., which has long-term plans to make electric flying taxis in Dayton and Vandalia, reported stronger quarterly performance, saying its Blade helicopter service business generated $36.2 million in the second quarter of 2026. Still, the company saw a net loss of $245 million. Joby says its electric aircraft is in the fifth and final stage of Federal Aviation Administration ...

WTI crude crossed $78 as uncertainty over an Iran-Oman shipping agreement fueled inflation concerns.

Joby Aviation Inc., which has long-term plans to make electric flying taxis in Dayton and Vandalia, reported stronger quarterly performance, saying its Blade helicopter service business generated $36.2 million in the second quarter of 2026. Still, the company saw a net loss of $245 million. Joby says its electric aircraft is in the fifth and final stage of Federal Aviation Administration ...

<body><p>STORY: Stocks fell Thursday, pausing after a strong start to the week.</p><p>The Dow dropped close to one percent. The S&P 500 slid about two tenths and the Nasdaq was basically flat.</p><p>Investors digested the latest round of corporate earnings and looked for signs of progress toward a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.</p><p>Strong corporate results so far have tempered some concerns about the massive spending by AI-related companies.</p><p>Ben McMillan, chief investment officer with IDX Advisors, says AI will likely continue to push stocks higher though investors have broadened their view of who is likely to benefit from the growth of the technology.</p><p>“So I think the AI trade broadly is still very much intact. I do think investors, and we're hearing this from our investors and others that we talked to, are going to be a little bit more discerning, they're going to be more judicious, they're going to start looking at maybe much more the picks and shovels plays we're hearing a lot more interest in things like you know uranium and power providers as you know an AI play as well as things like photonic stocks and you know not necessarily just betting on you know chips or semiconductors.”</p><p>Stocks on the move included data storage company Western Digital which tumbled 13% and memory chip maker Sandisk which dropped nearly seven percent in the wake of quarterly results.&nbsp;</p><p>Both companies have surged this year, however, with Sandisk up more than 400% and Western Digital up about 160%.</p><p>And SpaceX erased losses from earlier in the session and closed six percent higher, defying expectations that shares would be pressured by insider selling, as the lockup period for early investors holding the stock expired.</p><p>On the data front, the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week.&nbsp;</p><p>The report came ahead of closely watched nonfarm payrolls figures for July due on Friday, which will shape expectations for the Fed's path of interest rates at a time when Chairman Kevin Warsh has scaled back on forward guidance from the central bank.</p></body>

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A fragile breakthrough could reshape inflation and rate expectations

Dow ended lower following five consecutive sessions of gains.

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Gold miners’ stocks can offer a high-quality play for investors worried about inflation and the Fed.

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The move is expected to benefit Corning's joint venture with Japan's Shin-Etsu Handotai.

With the July jobs report looming, the Dow’s winning streak finally ran into a wall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 464 points, or 0.9%. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.

Michael Reinking, Senior Market Strategist at the NYSE, reviews a pivotal week in which the S&P 500 broke above its May-July trading range near 7,600, driven by strong Q2 earnings, easing oil prices, and mispositioning in tech that sparked a broad-based rally. Hyperscalers led the charge as investors embraced the ongoing shortage of compute capacity, while semiconductors and optical stocks saw volatile swings amid eye-popping growth figures and sky-high expectations. Looking ahead, Friday's jobs report and next week's inflation prints take center stage, with reports suggesting Fed Chair Warsh could support a September rate hike should the data come in hot.