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Market Brief - After Hours
Tech Weakness Pulls Markets Lower Despite Healthy Jobless Claims
Season 2, Ep. 149
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On today's episode of Market Brief – After Hours, a Salesforce leadership shakeup and weak guidance from Sandisk, Western Digital and Marvell drag the Dow off its five-day winning streak, even as jobless claims hold in healthy territory. Escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz send oil surging, while Samsung, SK Hynix and Kioxia lead a rough session for Asian tech stocks, alongside a fresh look at EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY. We also cover SpaceX's investor lockup expiry, key technical levels in gold and silver, and big moves from Datadog, HubSpot, Celsius, Zillow, Paycom and Unity Software.
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