Market Brief – 7 Jan 2026

In today’s Market Brief - After Hours, Wall Street paused after early record highs as profit-taking and fresh White House policy comments weighed on sentiment, while global markets delivered mixed performances. We cover the Dow’s pullback from intraday highs, selective strength in the Nasdaq, pressure on defence and energy stocks following comments on buybacks and Venezuelan crude supply, record gains in Germany’s DAX and South Korea’s Kospi, and falling Treasury yields after weaker US jobs data. The episode also examines sharp volatility in gold and silver, key FX levels across EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD and USD/JPY, and major single-stock movers including biotech surges, defence sell-offs, and fresh takeover speculation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.