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TREE NEWS reports: US equity futures ended lower in New York trading on Thursday, September 24. S&P 500 futures fell 0.12%, Dow futures dropped 0.39%, and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.07%. Russell 2000 futures declined 0.17%.

TREE NEWS reports: The North America tech software index ETF fell 0.88% to $107.15. Cybersecurity funds also declined: the Global X Cybersecurity ETF dropped 1%, the Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF lost 0.79% and the ETFMG Cybersecurity ETF slid 1.52%.

TREE NEWS reports: Among the S&P 500’s 11 sectors, utilities and materials fell as much as 1.02%, while information technology slipped 0.32% and energy gained 0.43%. Telecommunications led gains at 1.92%, driven by Meta Platforms, which rose 4.5% to pace the index, and Alphabet’s Class A shares, up more than 1.3%.

TREE NEWS reports: On Thursday, September 24, most US sector ETFs closed lower, with the utilities ETF down 0.98% and the technology, global tech and semiconductor ETFs slipping as much as 0.32%. Energy rose 0.37%, the networking index ETF gained 0.77%, regional banks added 0.8% and the biotech index ETF led with a 1.28% advance.

TREE NEWS reports: On Thursday, September 24, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF closed down 1.29%, the steepest decline among major US asset-class ETFs. Investment-grade corporate bond ETFs fell 0.71%, emerging market ETFs 0.68% and inflation-protected bond ETFs 0.49%, while the United States Brent Oil Fund rose 2.45% and the dollar index gained 0.14%.

TREE NEWS update: MSCI has added the Canadian Securities Exchange to its list of eligible stock exchanges for Canada under the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes methodology. The change means securities listed on the CSE can now qualify for inclusion in MSCI’s Canada index construction, expanding the venue’s role in global benchmark coverage.

TREE NEWS update: Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) struck a $12 billion AI compute agreement with Anthropic PBC, sending its US shares up more than 20% in after-hours trading. The deal, disclosed after the close, covers AI compute capacity supplied by Akamai to the AI developer.

TREE NEWS reports: Gen Digital closed 12% lower, its largest single-day decline since 2022. The cybersecurity company’s shares fell sharply in the session, marking the steepest one-day selloff in roughly three years. No further details were immediately available.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed preliminarily down 0.6%. Among popular Chinese ADRs, Zai Lab fell 4.3%, Daqo New Energy dropped 3.5%, JinkoSolar lost 2.7%, Baidu slipped 1.8%, Pinduoduo declined 1.3%, Tencent and ASE Technology each fell 0.8%, and Alibaba edged down 0.1%, while Xiaomi gained 0.6% and New Oriental rose 1.8%. China-focused ETFs CQQQ and KWEB fell 1.1% and 0.5%, respectively.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 finished roughly flat, with telecom up 1.9% as Meta led its components and Alphabet Class A gained over 1%. Energy rose 0.4%, while tech slipped 0.2% and materials fell 1%. The Nasdaq 100 was also little changed: Nebius Group added 7.6%, Rocket Lab 4.8%, Meta 4.6%, while Arm Holdings dropped 8.5% and Western Digital lost 4.9%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Hang Seng Index’s main futures contract closed down 0.26% at 24,627 in the night session. The Hang Seng Tech Index’s main futures contract closed down 0.37% at 4,335.

TREE NEWS reports: UBS Group forecasts Tesla will report third-quarter vehicle sales and deliveries of 470,000 units, ahead of the 466,000 figure in a Bloomberg survey. The bank’s estimate puts its projection slightly above the consensus for the quarter.

TREE NEWS reports: Strive has bought more than 1,100 bitcoin this week. The company is expected to have raised enough capital to purchase over 135 more bitcoin today, adding to the weekly total.

TREE NEWS reports: Nebius Group shares extended their advance to 10% after BNP Paribas turned bullish on the company. The French bank’s shift to a positive rating on the Nasdaq-listed AI infrastructure firm drove the stock’s gain, which widened to 10% during the session.

TREE NEWS reports: European equities closed lower, with Germany’s DAX 30 falling 0.57% to 25,266.53 and Italy’s FTSE MIB dropping 0.85% to 51,543.45. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.52% to 8,081.43, the UK’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.24% to 10,679.99, and the FTSE Italy All-Share Banks index fell 0.83%. Defense-related ETFs also declined, with the WisdomTree Europe Defence UCITS ETF down 2.07% and the Bloomberg Europe Defense Select index off 1.81%.

TREE NEWS reports: Most digital asset treasury companies (DATs) now trade below the value of the crypto they hold, DWF says, eroding the stock-premium financing model that once let these firms expand their balance sheets. The shift marks a reversal for a structure that had allowed companies to raise capital at a premium to net asset value.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq 100 turned positive after falling as much as 0.9% earlier in the session, and the Nasdaq Composite also reversed into gains. The S&P 500 rose more than 0.1% as US equities recovered from intraday lows.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 reversed into positive territory after earlier dropping 0.5%. US Treasury price declines narrowed, with the 10-year yield falling back to 5.13% from a high of 5.17%.

TREE NEWS update: Moody’s confirmed Baidu’s A3 rating on September 24, calling the company’s liquidity “excellent” and saying operating cash flow is sufficient to cover capital expenditure needs. The agency expects Baidu’s AI commercialization to continue making progress over the next 12 to 18 months. Citi also increased its long position in Baidu to 5.04%.

TREE NEWS reports: The MSCI Nordic Countries Index dropped 1% to close at 390.43, its lowest close since July 23. Industrials led losses among the index’s ten sectors, while Metso Oyj fell 5.3%, the worst performer among Nordic stocks.