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Published after every US market close · Markets, news, rates and FX on one pageAI Slowdown Call Hits Chips; Defensives and Cyber Gain
Market & SentimentMajor averages slipped, with the Nasdaq 100 down 0.8% and the S&P 500 off 0.45%. Breadth was mixed: 282 advancers against 217 decliners, but only 37.8% of stocks sit above their 50-day average, and 12 new lows versus 6 highs. The session's tone was set by a weekend call from frontier AI leaders to slow development, which hit chip and AI-infrastructure names while defensive sectors drew bids.
Sectors & StocksAI hardware and power infrastructure led the decline: Corning fell 13.7%, HPE 10.8% after an Evercore ISI downgrade, Lumentum 9.9%, GE Vernova 8.6% on a new sell rating, and Lam Research 8.3%. Cybersecurity and enterprise software bucked the trend: CrowdStrike rose 13.9%, Palo Alto Networks 13.1%, Fortinet 9.0%, ServiceNow 7.4%, and Accenture 6.0%, as investors rotated toward software and security on reduced fears of rapid AI disruption.
Rates, FX & CryptoTreasury yields were little changed but remain elevated, with the 10-year at 4.97% (up 1 bp) and the 2-year at 4.65% (up 2 bps), keeping the 2s10s spread at 32 bps. The 30-year slipped 1 bp to 5.34%. In FX, EUR/USD fell 0.35% to 1.1551, USD/SGD rose 0.21% to 1.2705, and USD/CNY was flat at 6.7084.
Earnings & AnnouncementsIntuit rose nearly 2% after an earnings beat and a dividend increase. Adobe reported fiscal Q3 revenue up 13% to $6.76 billion, above the $6.70 billion consensus. Amazon completed a £4.242 billion bond issuance, FedEx issued about $3.1 billion plus euro notes, and American Tower priced $1.6 billion in senior notes. Oracle's executive chairman Ellison canceled a stock-sale plan. General Mills reports tomorrow.
- General Mills earnings and Fed rate decision
- Oil price reaction to Saudi pipeline outage
- Chip sector follow-through after AI slowdown call
- Treasury yields ahead of Fed meeting
- Traders price a better than 92% chance of a rate increase and over 75% odds of another in December, keeping pressure on rate-sensitive assets.CNBC09-14 18:50 UTC
- Oil prices jumped toward $110 on a prolonged Saudi pipeline outage, tightening global supply and raising inflation concerns.Bloomberg09-14 14:00 UTC
- CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX united to urge a deliberate slowdown in frontier AI development, hitting Applied Materials, Lam Research, and other chip names.
- Evercore ISI cut HPE to In-Line from Outperform, citing a lack of near-term catalysts, sending the stock to its worst day in over a year.
- GLJ Research initiated coverage with a Sell rating and a $470 target, dragging GE Vernova and the broader grid infrastructure sector lower.
- CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet rallied as Anthropic's CEO called for slower frontier AI development, shifting investor focus to security.
- Adobe reported fiscal Q3 revenue above the $6.70 billion consensus, though Wall Street still seeks proof that AI monetization pays off.
- Intuit beat earnings expectations and raised its dividend, with shares up nearly 2% in pre-market trading despite a weak tech session.
- New US sanctions on VTB Bank over alleged Iran ties add to geopolitical tensions, with potential spillover to energy and financial markets.Reuters09-14 21:12 UTC
- ExxonMobil shares gained about 2% after an executive said US LNG could account for roughly 30% of global supply by 2030.
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