Di Yi Cai Jing Zi Xun·2025-11-04 01:23Market Overview - US stock market showed mixed results with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices closing higher, driven primarily by AI-related trades [1] - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 226.19 points, a decrease of 0.48%, closing at 47,336.68 points [1] - The Nasdaq rose by 0.46%, closing at 23,834.72 points, while the S&P 500 increased by 0.17%, closing at 6,851.97 points [1] Cryptocurrency Market - The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant drop, with Bitcoin falling over 3% and Ethereum declining more than 6% [1] - The decline was triggered by a hacker attack on the decentralized finance protocol Balancer, resulting in potential losses exceeding $100 million [1] Semiconductor Sector - The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose nearly 1%, buoyed by a long-term $9.7 billion agreement between IREN and Microsoft for the use of Nvidia's GB300 GPU [2] - IREN's stock surged over 10%, while Micorosft's stock dipped by 0.2% [2] - Micron Technology saw a nearly 5% increase, leading the chip sector, and Nvidia's stock rose over 2% [2] Major Tech Companies - Amazon's stock increased by 4.0%, reaching a new all-time high after announcing a $38 billion agreement with OpenAI to run and expand its AI operations on Amazon Web Services (AWS) [2] - Other notable tech stocks included Microsoft down 0.1%, Google up 0.8%, Apple down 0.5%, Meta down 1.6%, and Oracle down 1.8% [3] Earnings Reports - The earnings season continues with major companies like AMD, Shopify, McDonald's, Uber Technologies, Pfizer, Spotify, and Warner Bros. Discovery set to release their quarterly financial reports later this week [3] Economic Data - The US manufacturing index for October fell to 48.7 from 49.1 in September, below the market expectation of 49.5 [3] - The S&P Global US manufacturing index was revised up to 52.5 from an initial estimate of 52.2, showing improvement from September's 52.0 [3] Federal Reserve Insights - The ISM price index showed a decline last month, providing more grounds for the Federal Reserve to consider another rate cut [4] - The market currently anticipates a 65% probability of a 25 basis point rate cut next month [5] - Federal Reserve officials expressed differing views on further rate cuts, with some advocating for more easing while others remain cautious due to high inflation [5] Bond and Commodity Markets - US Treasury yields showed mixed performance, with the 10-year yield rising by 1 basis point to 4.11% and the 2-year yield falling by 1 basis point to 3.60% [6] - International oil prices experienced slight fluctuations, with WTI crude oil near $64.05 per barrel and Brent crude at $64.89 per barrel [6] - Gold prices saw a minor rebound, with COMEX gold futures for November delivery rising by 0.45% to $4,000.30 per ounce [7] Corporate Developments - Kimberly-Clark's stock plummeted by 15% following news of a potential acquisition of Kenvue, the producer of Tylenol, for over $40 billion [3] - Starbucks announced plans to sell a majority stake in its China business to private equity firm Boyu Capital for $4 billion, retaining a 40% stake [15] - TSMC plans to implement a price increase of approximately 3%-5% for advanced processes below 5nm starting January 2026 [16]