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① The three major US stock index futures had mixed ups and downs. Dow futures rose 0.11%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.05%, and NASDAQ futures fell 0.09%. ② The German DAX index fell 0.12%, the British FTSE 100 index remained flat, the French CAC40 index rose 0.37%, and the European Stoxx 50 index rose 0.02%. ③ WTI crude oil rose 0.65% to $84.61 per barrel. Brent crude rose 0.56% to $91.53 per barrel. ④ Johns Hopkins University economist Steve Hank said that among the major asset classes currently, only the bond market has reasonable pricing risks, and the outlook for the bond market is not optimistic. ⑤ Goldman Sachs said that artificial intelligence has begun to put pressure on the labor markets of major developed economies, and the phenomenon is particularly prominent in Germany, Australia, and the United States. ⑥ A number of agencies expect the US federal debt to surpass $40 trillion this week. In February, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the total debt for this fiscal year would be high at about 39.4 trillion US dollars. The actual progress was several months ahead of schedule. ⑦ Moderna's US stock rose more than 110% before the market, and the company and MSD announced that the melanoma skin cancer vaccine had reached the target impact in large-scale trials. ⑧ SK Hynix rose by about 6%. The company plans to repurchase and cancel 40 trillion won of shares, promising to return at least 50% of the cash flow to shareholders. ⑨ Nebius Group's stock price fell 8.3% before the market, after the group announced plans to privately issue $4.5 billion convertible senior notes.

Zhitongcaijing·08/19/2026 12:25:14
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① The three major US stock index futures had mixed ups and downs. Dow futures rose 0.11%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.05%, and NASDAQ futures fell 0.09%. ② The German DAX index fell 0.12%, the British FTSE 100 index remained flat, the French CAC40 index rose 0.37%, and the European Stoxx 50 index rose 0.02%. ③ WTI crude oil rose 0.65% to $84.61 per barrel. Brent crude rose 0.56% to $91.53 per barrel. ④ Johns Hopkins University economist Steve Hank said that among the major asset classes currently, only the bond market has reasonable pricing risks, and the outlook for the bond market is not optimistic. ⑤ Goldman Sachs said that artificial intelligence has begun to put pressure on the labor markets of major developed economies, and the phenomenon is particularly prominent in Germany, Australia, and the United States. ⑥ A number of agencies expect the US federal debt to surpass $40 trillion this week. In February, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the total debt for this fiscal year was high at about 39.4 trillion US dollars. The actual progress was several months ahead of schedule. ⑦ Moderna's US stock rose more than 110% before the market, and the company and MSD announced that the melanoma skin cancer vaccine had reached the target impact in large-scale trials. ⑧ SK Hynix rose by about 6%. The company plans to repurchase and cancel 40 trillion won of shares, promising to return at least 50% of the cash flow to shareholders. ⑨ Nebius Group's stock price fell 8.3% before the market, after the group announced plans to privately issue $4.5 billion convertible senior notes.