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No Yielding in Sight: Global bond yields push higher still, earnings season begins – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited Friday Closing Prices (9 October 2026)   S&P 500 7,812 (+0.59%) Nasdaq 27,366 (+0.64%) Gold $4,294 (+1.47%) Brent Crude Oil $104.34 (+0.51%) Global markets spent another week grappling with a combination of rising yields and persistent inflation pressures. The US 10-year Treasury yield briefly
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Hawks Take Flight: Global bond yields spike on hawkish chatter, the US dollar closes in on 52-week highs – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited Friday Closing Prices S&P 500 7,743 (+0.51%) Nasdaq 27,069 (+0.48%) Gold $4,285 (+0.26%) Brent Crude Oil $104.32 (-2.43%) Hawkish central-bank rhetoric dominated markets last week, pushing global bond yields higher and reinforcing expectations that restrictive policy may need to remain in place for
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The Return of the Hikes: Central banks step up tightening policy, Trump set for China meeting – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited Friday Closing Prices S&P 500 7,650 (+0.17%) Nasdaq 26,522 (+0.39%) Gold $4,378 (+0.84%) Brent Crude Oil $103.09 (-0.87%)   Last week was dominated by a renewed global tightening cycle, with a host of major central bank meetings. The most significant was the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike […]
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The Fed Hike is Back on the Table – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited   Friday Closing Prices S&P 500 7,719 (-0.38%) Nasdaq 26,507 (-0.29%) Gold $4,430 (-0.96%) Brent Crude Oil $95.78 (-0.01%)   Last week was largely defined by a stronger-than-expected US employment report, prompting market participants to reassess expectations for Federal Reserve (Fed)
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Warsh Raises The Stakes: Fed Chair’s speech increases hike probability, US employment data on the horizon – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited   Friday Closing Prices S&P 500 7,712 (-0.25%) Nasdaq 26,402 (-0.52%) Gold $4,455 (-3.20%) Brent Crude Oil $88.16 (-0.34%) Source: Bloomberg   Last week delivered a modest net gain for risk assets, but the headline numbers masked significant cross-asset volatility.   The S&P 500
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Tokyo Steps In as SpaceX Steps Up – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited   Friday Closing Prices S&P 500 7,490 (+0.70%) Nasdaq 25,374 (+1.00%) Gold $4,045 (-1.42%) Brent Crude Oil $89.86 (+3.11%)   Markets endured a historically volatile week, as investors had to deal with risk events on several fronts. This included hawkish central bank meetings, major tech earnings,
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Fed Holds Rates as Hawkish Signals Keep Markets on Edge

The Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates at 3.50% to 3.75% was widely expected. However, three members dissenting in favour of a rate hike, combined with Chair Kevin Warsh’s deliberately limited forward guidance, left markets with more questions about the direction of monetary policy.   With inflation still above target, oil prices vulnerable to […]
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An Inflationary Cocktail: Tariffs and oil make traders re-price inflation expectations – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited   Friday Closing Prices   S&P 500 7,412 (+0.05%) Nasdaq 24,976 (-0.64%) Gold $4,053 (+0.08%) Brent Crude Oil $98.38 (-2.29%)   Geopolitics was again the main driver for traders last week, not just from the escalating US-Iran conflict, but also from renewed tariff threats. When we add […]
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ECB meeting expectation commentary from Lunaro

Ahead of the upcoming European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, please find below insights from Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Markets Limited, on the key factors shaping the decision and market outlook.     The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council will be holding its July 2026 monetary meeting today at 13:15 (UK). This meeting is part of its
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The Hike Trade Cools: Weak US data puts traders on the wrong foot to start the week – Lunaro Weekly Report

Nick Spencer-Skeen, Senior Executive Officer, Lunaro Financial Markets   Friday Closing Prices   S&P 500 7,483 (+0.0%) Nasdaq 25,833 (+0.0%) Gold $4,176 (+1.26%) Brent Crude Oil $72.10 (+0.42%)   Markets ended the holiday-shortened week with risk appetite broadly firmer, but the tone was shaped by a softer US labour market and a less urgent central-bank […]