AM 22 Sep 26: Wall Street rallies as oil prices plunge
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Who are the new hosts and what will they bring to the CommSec Market Update?
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Wall Street enjoys a positive start to the week.
Oil prices have fallen on hopes of easing Middle East tensions.
And the ASX set to follow US markets higher on the open. Good morning, I'm James Gruber.
And I'm James Tau.
It's Tuesday, the 22nd of September, and this is the morning edition of the Comsec Market Update. So as we previewed yesterday, and you may have noticed today, we have a new podcast host joining us in the mornings. James, or JT, as we'll call him, to avoid any confusion. He'll be with me on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of each week, while Gil and I will continue to front Monday and Friday's podcasts. Steve will still be on in the afternoons to wrap up the local market action. Welcome aboard, JT.
Thanks, James. Yeah, really happy to be the other James or JT, uh having two Jameses on the one podcast. What could possibly go wrong?
Why did Wall Street rally and which sectors led the gains?
Uh, but it is great to be back in the team after a few years away. It's the first time on the Comsec podcast, though, which is exciting. We certainly didn't have this when I was last in the team, but really looking forward to sharing market news and insights as well with all our listeners, and hopefully uh we can have some Fun along the way.
Nice one. Well, let's now get stuck into what's happened with markets overnight. So Wall Street has jumped really out of the gates to start the trading week in the US. Both the Nasdaq and the SP 500 are closing in on record highs again. And there's a few forces at play here. There's the pullback in oil prices on some diplomatic progress in the Middle East, while US Treasury benchmark yields also retreated from recent. Hires. The technology sector and AI stocks in particular have really led the charge higher in overnight trading, but we'll get into that in a bit more detail later in the podcast.
Yeah, so let's first have a quick look back and remind ourselves how the Aussie market performed yesterday. Uh fairly flat session for the ASX two hundred, ending less than a point higher at 8,731.9. It was a bit of a tug-of-war between gains for our financials and healthcare stocks.
How did the ASX perform yesterday and what are investors watching for today?
They were up between about a half to point six of one percent, really offset uh by losses for our materials and the technology sector as well, the tech sector the worst down about uh one point six percent yesterday. So investors uh seemingly in a wait and see mode ahead of Thursday's jobs data. That'll certainly be pivotal for next week's RBA meeting as well. Markets are currently pricing in roughly an eighty seven percent chance of a quarter percent hike when the RBA meets next week.
And this morning the Aussie share market is set to open higher with index futures up 0.3%. Resource stocks may struggle given lower oil prices and mostly lower metals prices overnight. So we'll have to wait to see whether the rest of the index can offset some of that possible weakness today.
Yeah, and on the back of that as well, let's have a look at the commodity prices. We've already, you know, talked briefly uh about the drop in oil prices. James, what more can you tell us there?
Well, on those oil prices, they eased on Monday US time to their lowest level in 12 days, as investors hoped for diplomatic progress on the Iran war due to this week's UN meeting and I'd a partial recovery in shipments from Saudi Arabia. Print crude futures settled 4% lower at just above $100 a barrel. Base metal prices were mixed. Copper futures rose for a fifth.
What caused oil prices to plunge and how are other commodities reacting?
Right session, up more than 1%, edging closer to record highs, as expectations of a seasonal pickup in demand in the world's biggest consumer China sustained speculative buying. Meanwhile, aluminium futures dipped 0.6%. Gold futures fell as expectations of further policy tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year strengthened the US dollar. The futures settled down 0.6%. At $4,384 an ounce. Iron ore futures nudged higher, supported by expectations that Chinese steel mills will increase raw material purchases ahead of the Golden Week holiday. Although gains were capped by higher port inventories, the futures settled 0.5% lower at $97.51 US dollars a ton.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who are the new hosts and what will they bring to the CommSec Market Update?
0:02–1:01
2
Why did Wall Street rally and which sectors led the gains?
1:01–2:14
3
How did the ASX perform yesterday and what are investors watching for today?
2:14–3:36
4
What caused oil prices to plunge and how are other commodities reacting?
3:36–5:15
5
How are Australian dollar and other major currencies moving against the US dollar?
5:15–6:57
6
Which global markets and stocks stood out after the US rally?
6:57–8:26
7
Why is private credit in Australia under pressure and which companies are most affected?
8:26–9:45
Speakers
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