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Iran-Israel tensions are driving markets today. Chip stocks bore the brunt of risk-off selling earlier this week. South Korean markets fell more than 5% as tech heavyweights dropped sharply. A partial recovery is under way after reports of US-Iran diplomatic contact, but sentiment remains fragile. NVDA absorbed the largest volume of negative options bets among large-cap tech names over the past seven days. AMD and MU followed. European stocks slid in tandem, though the defence sector bucked the trend after Ukraine ratified a $105 billion EU loan deal, lifting aerospace names. LMT saw strong positive options flow as a result.
The earnings calendar accelerates sharply from Monday. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup all report Q3 results on the same morning, starting at 6:45am ET. The cluster will test whether net interest margins held up after summer rate moves. Before that, Delta Air Lines reports Q3 results tomorrow before the open. Travel demand has been firm, and Delta's print will set the tone for the wider airline sector.
Talen Energy short interest surged 78% in a single week to 9.7% of free float, driven by rapid accumulation since late September. Microsoft made news of its own, creating a new Xbox division called XP with a new president appointed today.
Japan machine tool orders rose 65% year-on-year in August, reaching JPY 197,867 million in total. Foreign orders matched that pace, pointing to a broad pickup in global industrial capital expenditure. Freeport-McMoRan benefited from the copper demand read, with analysts lifting their consensus target to $77.14 today. The macro backdrop supports further upside if industrial momentum holds into year-end.
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