Market Pulse – September 23, 2026

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🕊️ Hopes for a US–Iran deal keep oil under pressure

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, and Trump calls the talks "very productive." Brent is slipping for a sixth straight session to about $98.5 🛢️, and WTI is at about $90.

🇺🇸 Wall Street

📈 Nasdaq: +0.45% to 27,244, a second record close in a row

➖ S&P 500: flat at 7,765

📉 Dow: –0.36% to 51,864

🤖 AI stocks led the gains, while banks lagged after hawkish Fed comments.

🌏 Asia

🇰🇷 Kospi: +1.3% to about 7,100 on chip stocks 🚀

🇭🇰 Hang Seng: –1.0% to 24,846 as tech takes profits

🇨🇳 Shanghai: –0.3% to 3,939 ahead of the Trump–Xi summit

🇦🇺 ASX 200: +0.1%, helped by miners

🇯🇵 Tokyo: closed for a holiday

💱 FX

🇪🇺 EUR/USD: 1.1446

🇬🇧 GBP/USD: 1.3337

🇯🇵 USD/JPY: 157.5. The yen is still under pressure, and the risk of Japan stepping in to support it is rising ⚠️

💵 DXY: 100.6

🥇 Gold: $4,359 (–0.1%)

🥈 Silver: $67.35 (+0.5%)

₿ Bitcoin: $86,300 (–0.3%)

🏦 Fed's Barkin warns that supply shocks "aren't proving short-lived" and keeps more rate hikes on the table.

📅 Today

🕓 16:45: US flash PMIs (manufacturing and services)

🎙️ 17:05: Fed's Barr speaks

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