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Wall Street indices finished yesterday's trading mixed - Dow Jones and S&P 500 dropped while Nasdaq gained fueled by solid performance of Microsoft and NVIDIA
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US index futures caught a bid after close of the session following better-than-expected earnings release from Meta Platforms
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Meta Platforms jumped over 11% in the after-hours trading, following Q1 earnings release. Company reported Q1 EPS at $2.20 (exp. $2.03), revenue at $28.65 billion (exp. $27.65 billion) and revenue per user at $9.62 (exp. $9.30)
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Meta had 2.04 billion daily active users in Q1 2023 (exp. 2.01 billion) while monthly active users were reported at 2.99 billion - in-line with expectations. Meta's Reality Lab reported a $3.99 billion operating loss and company expect this losses in the unit to increase this year
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Indices from Asia-Pacific traded mostly higher today - Nikkei and Nifty 50 gained 0.1%, Kospi moved 0.4% higher and indices from China traded up to 0.7% higher. S&P/ASX 200 was a laggard and dropped 0.4%
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DAX futures point to a slightly lower opening of the European cash session today
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The US House of Representatives passed a bill on spending cuts and debt ceiling. However, bill still needs to win backing in the Senate
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New prime minister of New Zealand Hipkins said that there will be no major tax changes in the upcoming budget announcement (May 18, 2023)
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Russian deputy prime minister Novak said that OPEC+ cooperation may be extended beyond this year (current agreement is valid until end-2023)
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Chinese industrial profits dropped 21.4% YoY in the January-March period. Profits were down 19.2% YoY in March alone
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Cryptocurrencies are trading higher - Bitcoin gains 1.6% while Dogecoin and Ethereum jump 1.7%
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Energy commodities trade little changed this morning - oil gains 0.3% while US natural gas prices drop 0.1%
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Precious metals benefit from USD weakness and trade higher - gold adds 0.6%, silver gains 0.7% and platinum jumps 1.1%
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AUD and NZD are the best performing major currencies while JPY and USD lag the most
US500 recovered part of yesterday's losses after Meta reported better-than-expected earnings. Nevertheless, the technical picture remains bearish following the recent failure to break above the upper limit of the Overbalance structure at 4,190 pts. Source: xStation5
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