Market Brief – 27 Jan 2026

In today’s Market Brief – After Hours, markets deliver a sharp divergence as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq push to fresh record highs while the Dow Jones slides under heavy pressure from a historic sell-off in US healthcare stocks. We break down why insurers collapsed after Medicare Advantage rate proposals, how mega-cap tech and AI optimism lifted broader indices, and why Europe and Asia posted solid gains on trade momentum and banking strength. The episode also covers explosive moves in gold and silver to new record levels, oil jumping on winter storm disruptions, major FX breakouts in EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD, accelerating dollar weakness against the yen and Canadian dollar, falling consumer confidence, and Bitcoin rebounding on renewed institutional buying ahead of the Federal Reserve decision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.