Nvidia makes new push for Apple's mantle
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan.
Tuesday's top headlines are Wall Street's record highs overnight and Nvidia's NVDA.O fresh attempt to dethrone Apple Inc and become the world's most valuable company.
The return of excitement around tech, artificial intelligence and corporate earnings has set the tone in Asia, where Tokyo's Nikkei index .N225 is above 40,000 again, and is likely to propel European stock markets, too.
Overnight, the S&P 500 .SPX soared to a record high close and the Dow Jones index .DJI scaled 43,000 points for the first time, led by chip stocks after a 2.4% jump in AI darling Nvidia and a brisk start to the third-quarter earnings season.
Shares of Nvidia closed at their highest ever on Monday, lifting its market value to $3.39 trillion - just below Apple's AAPL.O $3.52 trillion and above Microsoft's $3.12 trillion.
More bank earnings are due on Tuesday. Bank of America BAC.N is expected to report a fall in third-quarter profit, Goldman Sachs GS.N is expected to see higher fees from advisory and underwriting services, and Citigroup C.N and brokerage firm Charles Schwab also report earnings.
Key for Europe among a batch of jobs and inflation data releases is the European Central Bank's survey on bank lending to the euro zone economy, which should feed into expectations for Thursday's policy review. The ECB is set to deliver another quarter-point rate cut on Thursday, a move policymakers were reluctant to flag and traders had given less than a 25% chance when the bank met a month ago.
Key developments that could influence markets on Tuesday:
Earnings: Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, Citi
Economic data: UK jobs, France CPI, Eurozone industrial production, German ZEW economic sentiment, ECB bank lending survey
Govt debt: Reopening of UK 30-year government debt auction
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By Vidya Ranganathan; Editing by Edmund Klamann
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