Episode 2026-06-18

You are listening to seven horns a i — your a i powered market update. Today is Thursday, June eighteenth, twenty twenty-six, and we are coming to you live following the close of the trading session, where wall street has staged a solid recovery. Markets opened firmly higher this morning, building on a historic overnight session in Asia. Japans Nikkei index surged one point eight percent to close at an all-time high of over seventy-one thousand. However, we saw some divergence as Hong Kongs Hang Seng index finished down zero point eight percent. Here in New York, buyers have clearly taken control, reclaiming ground lost during yesterdays post-Federal Reserve sell-off. The S and P five hundred closed up nearly one percent, at seventy-four hundred and ninety-three point eighty-nine. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the charge, up one point forty-four percent to twenty-six thousand three hundred ninety-six point thirteen. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about one-quarter of a percent to fifty-one thousand six hundred twenty-eight point eighty-three. This price action reflects a classic risk-on rotation, with technology and semiconductors driving the market while value names lag. The primary catalyst for todays rally is a massive geopolitical breakthrough. President Trump and Iranian President Pezeshkian signed an interim peace deal, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting temporary sanctions. This sent oil prices lower, with the United States Oil Fund dropping