Aerial photo taken on April 3, 2025 shows a view of a port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wang Tiancong | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Just this morning Singapore time, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he announced earlier on Tuesday, will begin on Aug. 1….
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching and what’s on the radar for the next session. The Nasdaq Composite The tech-heavy Nasdaq…
Asia-Pacific stock markets open in mixed trading Asia-Pacific stock markets kicked off the trading day mixed. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.45% at the open, while the Topix lost 0.54%. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.24% and the small-cap Kosdaq rose 0.44%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was 0.51% higher. —Lee Ying Shan Opening calls from sunny Singapore Good morning…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday reflected on the significance of one of his long-time favorite stocks, Nvidia, just after the artificial intelligence powerhouse became the first company to amass $4 trillion in market cap during trading. “The fact is, neither Microsoft nor Apple can claim that they’re currently creating a new industrial revolution, like Nvidia…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 08, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures were relatively unchanged on Wednesday evening after the S&P 500 recouped some of its losses from this week’s tariff-fueled slide. S&P 500 futures traded just above the flatline,…
The logo of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin can be seen on a coin in front of a Bitcoin chart. Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a fresh record on Wednesday afternoon as an Nvidia-led rally in equities helped push the price of the cryptocurrency higher into the stock market close. The price…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil‘s imports, partly in retaliation for…
Nvidia has shaken off concerns about tariffs and competition to hit a new Wall Street milestone, reinforcing that the artificial intelligence boom is still at the heart of this stock market rally. The chip giant briefly passed $4 trillion in market value on Wednesday, the first company ever to do so, and its shares are…
Here are some of the companies making big moves in midday trading: Monster Beverage — The energy drink manufacturer dropped nearly 3% after Rothschild & Co. downgraded shares to neutral from buy. Analyst Charlie Higgs pointed to uncertainty around aluminum tariffs, noting that “this has yet to be reflected in consensus estimates, which look too…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump told campaign donors last year that he had threatened to “bomb the s–t out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to a new report. Trump at the same donor meeting claimed…