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16/06/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📈The US and Iran have agreed on a framework peace agreement, announced late on Sunday and due to be signed later this week. The memorandum of understanding, which sent markets soaring on Monday morning, should see the immediate toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

📊While the Iran deal will likely dominate headlines over the coming days, last week the big story was the record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The IPO shattered previous records. Shares opened at $150 on Friday, rising to $160 by the end of the day, valuing the company at over $2 trillion. This leaves the company as one of the largest in the world by market cap, above giants like Saudi Aramco, Meta, and Musk’s other business, Tesla.

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The US and Iran have agreed on a framework peace agreement, announced late on Sunday and due to be signed later this week. The memorandum of understanding, which sent markets soaring on Monday morning, should see the immediate toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

16/06/2026

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09/06/2026

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09/06/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📈The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, almost twice what was expected. Together with the effects of higher energy costs, some analysts now expect the US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), to raise interest rates this year. Hetal Mehta, SJP’s chief economist noted that “there has been quite a decent recovery in the (US) labour market over the last two or three months. It’s probably not sustainable as the economy is slowing. It is likely this reflects a partial reversal of the cooling in the economy at the end of 2025, which includes the effects of the federal government shutdown.” Apart from making borrowing more expensive for many technology companies, higher interest rates make the current value of such high growth companies less attractive.

📊Friday’s sell-down is a reminder that investors should not assume that stock prices can only go higher, even if fuelled by AI. Analysts point to the low proportion of stocks which are responsible for the overall strength in the market. Excluding the contribution from AI-related companies, returns from the S&P 500 have been more modest this year – just over 2% to the end of May, compared to the 11% which includes their contribution.

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The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, almost twice what was expected. Together with the effects of higher energy costs, some analysts now expect the US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), to raise interest rates this year. Hetal Mehta, SJP’s chief economist noted that “there has been qu...

02/06/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📈Increasing hopes that a deal between the US and Iran might finally be reached and continued AI optimism helped push US markets to new highs last week. The S&P 500 has now risen for nine consecutive weeks; its longest streak since 2023. In fact, the S&P 500 is now trading at more than 10% above levels seen before the war with Iran.

📊According to Reuters polling, the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to increase interest rates by 0.25% later this month, as the economic bloc continues to struggle with the effects of weak output, low consumer confidence, and the inflationary impact of higher energy prices.

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S&P registers double digit returns Increasing hopes that a deal between the US and Iran might finally be reached and continued AI optimism helped push US markets to new highs last week.

28/05/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📈Chip maker Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another bumper set of results for the first quarter. Compared to the year before, sales rose by 85%, while net earnings increased threefold. In both cases, results were way ahead of expectations and confirmed high demand for data centres and AI. Historically, Nvidia’s earnings results have dominated much of the news flow and helped set investor sentiment.

📊Confirmation that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, will list his satellite and rocket company SpaceX, was another reason why the reaction to Nvidia’s earnings were relatively muted. As this week’s “In the picture” shows, SpaceX’s listing on 12 June is expected to be the largest in history, more than twice as large as oil major Saudi Aramco, the current largest.

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In the US, markets delivered further gains. The S&P 500 rose for the eighth consecutive week. By style, small-cap and value outperformed growth and large-cap.

20/05/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📈UK government bond yields continued rising last week, as UK government leadership challenges and international questions increasingly weighed on investor minds. Starting with the UK, 10-year gilt yields spent most of the past few days above 5%, ending the week above 5.1%. To put that number into context, 10-year gilt yields haven’t breached 5% since 2008. Meanwhile the 30-year gilt yield ended the week within touching distance of 6%, reaching its highest levels since 1998.

📊While still below gilts, recent developments have also seen US Treasury yields come under increasing pressure. Despite being an energy exporter, the inflationary effects of the Iran conflict can take at least some of the blame.

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UK government bond yields continued rising last week, as UK government leadership challenges and international questions increasingly weighed on investor minds.

18/05/2026

13/05/2026

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12/05/2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly Market Watch, where we give you a quick rundown of last week’s market news in just 5 minutes:

📊Following bruising local election results, media reports have been awash with gossip around the prime minister Keir Starmer’s future. Judging by the UK bond market, however, lenders appear to prefer the stability of continuity over the uncertainty of a leadership challenge – at least for now.

📈One market that has come out of the Iran conflict well has been US equities. Last week it posted another strong set of returns, as it moved higher into record territory.

Much of this growth has been driven by technology companies. Initially, large tech companies struggled at the start of the year, due to investor concern over the high level of AI spending, and how long it would take for that to translate into returns. It appears some of these fears have subsided. Since their March lows, the tech sector has recorded double-digit growth. Chip makers such as Intel and AMD have seen the value of their companies double over the past month.

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Following bruising local election results, media reports have been awash with gossip around the prime minister Keir Starmer’s future. Judging by the UK bond market, however, lenders appear to prefer the stability of continuity over the uncertainty of a leadership challenge – at least for now.