Trade Secrets: Dailies 07.09.2026

Global markets are attempting to claw back from a geopolitical risk-off shock as US equity futures stabilized overnight after Washington confirmed a second straight day of strikes on Iran, throwing the Strait of Hormuz back into focus and forcing traders to price oil, rates, and risk simultaneously.
US index futures climbed in the overnight session late Wednesday, reversing an earlier sell-off triggered by the Iran escalation: Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.19%, S&P 500 futures climbed 0.08%, and Dow futures added 0.10%. Wednesday's cash close left the Dow at 52,348, the S&P 500 at 7,482 (-0.28%), and the Nasdaq Composite at 25,871 (+0.20%), with the VIX sitting at 16.88.
Oil pulled back from its geopolitical spike: Brent crude eased to $77.86 a barrel after jumping 5.2% to settle at $78.02 on Wednesday, while WTI August futures dipped 0.20% to $73.37 a barrel after closing Wednesday at $73.52, its biggest single-session gain since June 1. Both benchmarks had hit their highest levels since June 22 on Wednesday before paring.
Gold extended its slide to around $4,030 an ounce on Wednesday, touching its lowest level since July 2 after Trump declared the Iran interim peace deal "over," while Fed minutes from the June meeting showed only a few policymakers favored an immediate rate increase, though officials expressed growing concern about inflation. Markets continue to price in at least one Fed rate hike by end-2026, a headwind for gold.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropped 2.40% to $62,128, tracking risk-off flows as elevated oil prices stoked inflation fears, while crude oil futures surged 5.48% on the same day, underscoring the continued inverse relationship between energy supply disruption and crypto liquidity.
The marquee earnings event today is PepsiCo (PEP), reporting Q2 2026 before the open with the Street expecting EPS of $2.21 on revenue of $23.96 billion. PEP stock has been mostly flat year-to-date due to weaker North American snack sales, and options traders are pricing in a 4.14% move in either direction post-print.
Key watch items in the PEP print include pricing power on Frito-Lay products after PepsiCo cut prices by up to 15% on popular snack brands earlier this year under pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management, which urged management to simplify operations and revive snack volume growth.
Arista Networks (ANET) closed at an all-time high of $181.05 Wednesday, up nearly 9%, as AI-driven demand for data center networking infrastructure continued to boost investor optimism. The Nasdaq Composite's modest positive close amid the broader Iran-driven sell-off was almost entirely attributable to outperformance in ANET and a handful of AI infrastructure names.
June existing home sales data are due today, the key US macro print on the calendar alongside the PEP earnings release.
The 10-year Treasury yield sat at 4.579%, keeping pressure on rate-sensitive sectors heading into the open, with the Fed's neutral-to-hawkish tilt from Wednesday's FOMC minutes still fresh in bond market positioning.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed Thursday up +1.55%, with the index rising to approximately 67,832 in morning trade as AI-related shares fuelled optimism; semiconductor names anchored the rebound, with flash memory chipmaker Kioxia jumping 9.4% and chip equipment maker Advantest surging 6.4%. The broader TOPIX rose 0.2% to approximately 4,015 as gains were concentrated in tech rather than spreading broadly to domestic cyclicals.
South Korea's KOSPI closed Thursday up 0.62% to 7,291.91, recovering modestly from a multi-week low, after reports that SK Hynix's planned US ADR offering was more than seven times oversubscribed. SK Hynix surged 5.83% and Samsung Electronics edged up 0.36% after suffering sharp losses the prior session; the secondary Kosdaq closed up 1.15% to 794.00.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.7%, or 169 points, to close at 24,030 on Thursday, reversing early gains as technology volatility weighed: Zhipu AI surged 11.3% as lock-up expiry fears eased, but MiniMax slumped nearly 18% during its first major lock-up expiry, while Tencent shed 1.9%, Meituan fell 3.0%, and Kuaishou dropped 4.3%.
Mainland China's Shanghai Composite gained 1.66% to close at 4,037, led by China Merchants Securities (+7.13%), Sanan Optoelectronics (+5.95%), and Jiangsu Hengrui (+2.61%); technology stocks including Zhongji Innolight (+3.3%) and NAURA Technology (+2.7%) also advanced, while the CSI 300 edged down to 4,751 — its lowest since June — diverging from the Composite's gains.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.26% to close at 8,762.5, extending its fourth consecutive session of losses as the Iran escalation and elevated oil prices pressured miners and the broader index; energy stocks provided some offset, but materials and financials remained soft.
India's Nifty 50 closed Wednesday at 23,882, down 2.12%, its steepest single-session drop in three months, after Trump declared the Iran ceasefire over; the Sensex fell 2.15% to 76,504. Indian shares are expected to open modestly higher Thursday as Nifty 50 futures signal a partial recovery, with TCS Q1 FY27 results the domestic catalyst of the session.
Singapore's STI Index closed Wednesday at 5,401.95, up 1.12%, one of the few regional outperformers as confidence in Singapore banks supported the index. Taiwan's TAIEX closed at 45,354.61, off 0.83%, as the chip-sector volatility rippling from KOSPI and Nikkei continued to weigh on the island's semiconductor-heavy benchmark.

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