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The three major U.S. stock indexes all fell, with the Nasdaq down 0.51%, the Dow Jones down 0.25%, and the S&P 500 down 0.17%.
US President Trump: Iran demands reparations for the damages caused to it during the past five months of military conflict. I also demand reparations from Iran. I have instructed my representatives to firmly raise this point in any future negotiations.
Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell to an intraday low, down 2.6% on the day.
According to the Financial Times, several Wall Street giants have partnered with Nvidia (NVDA.O) to advance a $500 billion artificial intelligence funding plan.
Netflix (NFLX.O) rose to an intraday high, gaining more than 2% on the day.
Netflix (NFLX.O): U.S. advertising promises will nearly double by 2026.
A U.S. appeals court has refused to suspend thousands of social media addiction lawsuits against Meta Platforms (META.O), TikTok, and other companies.
Market news: Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi discussed bilateral, regional and international situations with the German Foreign Minister.
Market news: The Iranian Foreign Minister spoke by phone with the German Foreign Minister.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The United States is monitoring the situation following the earthquake in Colombia.
The German DAX 30 index closed down 26.68 points, or 0.10%, at 26,328.67 on Monday, August 10th; the UK FTSE 100 index closed down 39.27 points, or 0.36%, at 10,861.82 on Monday, August 10th; and the FCHI index closed up 11.10 points, or 0.13%, at 8,726.03 on Monday, August 10th. The Euro Stoxx 50 index closed up 10.39 points, or 0.16%, at 6534.25 on Monday, August 10; the Spanish IBEX 35 index closed down 31.41 points, or 0.16%, at 20155.69 on Monday, August 10; and the Italian FTSE MIB index closed down 83.19 points, or 0.15%, at 53634.00 on Monday, August 10.
The yield curve between 2-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds has reached its steepest level since the end of May, with the latest spread at 45.7 basis points.
The percentage of winning bids allocated to the 6-month U.S. Treasury bond auction as of August 10 was 96.11%, compared to 65.4% previously.
The percentage of winning bids allocated to the 3-month U.S. Treasury bond auction as of August 10 was 82.94%, compared to 10.13% previously.
The bid-to-cover ratio for the US 3-month Treasury bond auction ending August 10 was 2.88, compared to 2.61 previously.
The US 6-month Treasury auction on August 10th yielded a winning bid of 3.83%, compared to 3.86% previously.
The bid-to-cover ratio for the US 6-month Treasury bond auction ending August 10 was 2.85, compared to 2.98 previously.
The US 3-month Treasury auction on August 10th yielded a winning bid of 3.735%, unchanged from the previous month.
European natural gas prices rose 10.1% to €61.14 per megawatt-hour.
Market news: U.S. strategic petroleum reserve crude oil inventories fell by about 6.1 million barrels last week to 298.7 million barrels, the lowest level since 1983.