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Stocks, US yields lose ground as markets brace for big week for trade, geopolitics
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on August 11, 2025
4 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on August 11, 2025
4 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Global markets and US yields declined as investors prepared for key trade and geopolitical events. US tariffs on Chinese goods were extended, and upcoming economic data could impact market expectations.
By Alun John and Chibuike Oguh
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global equity markets lost ground on Monday in a choppy session while yields of long-dated U.S. Treasuries fell, as investors weighed developments on trade and geopolitics in addition to key U.S. economic data.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, hours before U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were due to snap back to triple-digit rates. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are due to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending Russia's war on Ukraine.
On Wall Street, all three main indexes finished lower. Energy, real estate, and technology stocks were the biggest losers while consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and healthcare stocks gained.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.45%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.25% and the Nasdaq Composite gave up 0.30%.
In Europe, the STOXX 600 index eased 0.06%. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe was down 0.25% to 938.16, trading near its record high reached in July.
"At the surface level, the market is flat and calm, and it looks like we are in wait-and-see mode to see the economic data we are going to get tomorrow," said Wasif Latif, chief investment officer at Sarmaya Partners in New Jersey.
"When you look underneath the covers and at the breakdown within the market, you're getting a little bit more of a selloff."
The main economic release this week will be U.S. consumer prices on Tuesday, with analysts expecting the impact of tariffs to help nudge the core up 0.3% to an annual pace of 3%, away from the Federal Reserve target of 2%.
An upside surprise would challenge market wagers for a September rate cut, though analysts assume it would have to be a high number given that a downward turn in payrolls is now dominating the outlook.
Markets imply around a 90% probability of a September easing, and at least one more cut by year-end.
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes dipped 0.2 basis points to 4.281%, while the 30-year bond yield fell 0.5 basis points to 4.8494%.
Trump has repeatedly criticised the Fed for not cutting rates at recent meetings, and markets are eyeing who will succeed current Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May.
This means the dollar's reaction to the CPI data will not be straightforward, said Paul Mackel, global head of FX research at HSBC.
If the figure indicated higher U.S. tariff price pressures, "that could support the stagflation narrative, and to the dollar's detriment", he said, adding that this would also go against the view of some policymakers that tariffs were not causing prices to increase.
"If, however, softer U.S. CPI readings materialise, including the core goods figures, this would likely challenge the dollar too by supporting the case for further Fed easing, and perhaps see greater criticism from the U.S. administration towards Fed Chair Powell."
The dollar strengthened 0.26% to 148.11 against the Japanese yen and was up 0.47% to 0.812 against the Swiss franc. The euro was down 0.21% against the dollar at $1.1615. The dollar index rose 0.27% to 98.50.
The Australian dollar eased 0.18% to $0.6512 ahead of a meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia, which is widely expected to back a rate cut. It stunned markets in July by skipping an easing of policy to await more inflation data.
Gold prices fell 1.50% to $3,347.69 an ounce after Trump said tariffs will not be placed on imported gold bars. U.S. gold futures for December delivery settled 2.5% lower at $3,404.70 an ounce.
Oil prices settled flat as investors looked ahead to talks between Trump and Putin in Alaska on Friday, with U.S. policy towards Russian oil exports in focus. [O/R]
Brent settled up 0.06% to $66.63 a barrel, while U.S. crude settled up 0.13% to $63.96.
(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York, Wayne Cole in Sydney and Alun John in London; Editing by Sonali Paul, Gareth Jones, Alex Richardson, Andrew Heavens, Rod Nickel)
Equity represents ownership in a company, typically in the form of stocks. It reflects the value of a shareholder's stake in the company after all liabilities have been deducted.
Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a country's central bank to control the money supply and interest rates to achieve economic objectives like controlling inflation and stabilizing currency.
Foreign exchange, or forex, is the global marketplace for trading national currencies against one another. It determines the exchange rates for currencies worldwide.
Economic growth is the increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over time, typically measured by the rise in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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