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Positive sentiment returns to Wall Street

To start the week, markets largely shrugged off the US election surprise from the weekend and instead took positions ahead of upcoming tech stock earnings. Software and chipmaking stocks shot up on Monday, as did small-cap stocks in New York. Sentiment on European equity markets was likewise positive on Monday and Asian markets outside of China were making gains on Tuesday.

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Shane Strowmatt, LGT
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US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential election reintroduces uncertainty to the outcome of the November presidential election, which was beginning to look clearly in favour of former president Donald Trump. Nevertheless, the sharp drop in the CBOE Volatility Index – a gauge of market fear – on Monday suggested market participants were choosing to focus on companies’ positive quarterly figures instead. So far this earnings season, the number of companies reporting positive earnings surprises has been above average levels.

Gains in semiconductors, software and small companies

The Nasdaq-100 and Russell 2000 were leading gains during Monday’s risk-on sentiment. The Nasdaq-100 jumped 1.5% to make up some of last week’s 4% losses, the index’s worst week since April. Meanwhile, the gains in small-cap stocks that began earlier this month and came to an abrupt halt last week also resumed on Monday. The small-cap Russell 2000 closed 1.7% higher on Monday. The S&P 500 shot up 1.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial lagged with a 0.3% gain.

In individual stocks, Tesla shares shot up 5.2% on Monday, one day before the company releases its second-quarter earnings after the close of markets, alongside fellow tech giant Alphabet. Several chip-related stocks were among the largest winners on the Nasdaq on Monday, including ON Semiconductor (+6.6%), ASML (+5.1%), Nvidia (+4.8%) and Qualcomm (+4.7%).

Leading losses on Monday was again CrowdStrike, which ended Monday’s session with a loss of more than 13% following an 11% drop on Friday. One of the cycbersecurity company’s software packages has caused widespread defects at some of its clients in recent days.

Lower ticket prices pressure Ryanair stock

Shares of European low-cost airline Ryanair fell more than 16% on Monday after the company reported a drop in profits of almost half in the quarter ending in June. The airline said there is also considerable pressure on ticket prices with no improvement in sight. In the first quarter of the financial year, ticket prices fell 15%. The STOXX Europe 600 gained 0.9% on Monday.

Positive sentiment spills over to Asia

In the Asia-Pacific region, stock markets outside of China were trading in positive territory. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was trading 0.2% higher. In South Korea, the Kospi gained 0.6% after the nation’s Producer Price Index increased 2.5% in June when compared with a year earlier. That’s higher than May’s 2.3% rise. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.5%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.7%, while the mainland CSI 300 was trading 1.2% lower.

Corporate and macroeconomic calendars

Corporate news in focus: Quarterly figures from Logitech, Lindt, Norsk Hydro, Givaudan, UPS, Kuehne + Nagel, Philip Morris, Danaher, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Porsche AG, Lockheed Martin, Freeport-McMoRan, General Electric, Texas Instruments, Alphabet, Tesla, Visa, LVMH.

Economic data in focus: Turkish central bank interest rate decision, US existing home sales, Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index.

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