Market Performance - The three major U.S. stock indices rose, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 reaching all-time highs. The Dow Jones increased by 275.50 points (0.63%) to 44094.77 points, the Nasdaq rose by 96.27 points (0.47%) to 20369.73 points, and the S&P 500 gained 31.88 points (0.52%) to 6204.95 points. In June, the S&P 500 rose by 4.96%, the Nasdaq by 6.57%, and the Dow by 4.31% [1] - European stock indices showed mixed results, with the German DAX30 down by 85.15 points (0.35%) to 23915.12 points, while the Spanish IBEX35 rose by 41.93 points (0.30%) to 13991.93 points [1] Commodity Prices - Light crude oil futures for August delivery fell by $0.41 to $65.11 per barrel (0.63% drop), while Brent crude oil futures dropped by $0.16 to $67.61 per barrel (0.24% drop) [3] - COMEX gold futures rose by 0.93% to $3318.30 per ounce, with a cumulative increase of 5.67% in Q2. Silver futures for September increased by 0.39% to $36.315 per ounce, with a 1.09% rise in Q2 [3] Currency Exchange - The U.S. dollar index fell by 0.54% to 96.875, marking a significant decline of approximately 10.8% year-to-date, the worst performance for the first half of the year since 1973 [2] Treasury Yields - The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond decreased by 4.89 basis points to 4.2280%, with a cumulative drop of 17.24 basis points in June [4] Corporate Developments - Circle is applying to establish a national trust bank in the U.S. after achieving a valuation of nearly $18 billion through an IPO [7] - Netflix's stock reached a new high, increasing by over 1% as the company announced a partnership with NASA for live streaming projects [7] - Meta Platforms announced a major restructuring of its AI department, aiming to develop "superintelligence," which led to a new stock price high of $747.9 [8] - Apple is considering using technology from Anthropic or OpenAI to enhance Siri, while also developing its own AI models [9] - Robinhood announced the launch of tokenized stock products based on Arbitrum, expanding its crypto business [11][12]
隔夜美股 | 纳指、标普500指数再创历史新高 美元创1973年来最糟糕上半年表现