Market Brief – 28 Jan 2026

In today’s Market Brief – After Hours, markets pause after a historic moment as the S&P 500 briefly touches 7,000 before pulling back following a steady Federal Reserve message on rates staying higher for longer. We break down a flat close across US indices, strength in the Nasdaq, weakness in Europe, and sharp divergence across Asia with record gains in South Korea and an 8% plunge in Indonesia. The episode covers rising oil prices on Middle East tensions, gold surging above $5,300, silver racing past $116, Bitcoin rebounding on growing institutional adoption, and key FX moves including EUR/USD rejecting 1.2000, consolidation in GBP/USD, strength in AUD/USD, and a rebound in USD/JPY. We also analyse major stock movers including Tesla, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Carvana, and Amphenol as earnings season collides with Fed uncertainty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.