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Week Ahead: Aramco, Fed Minutes and China Loan Data Test a Fragile Calm

Investors enter a make-or-break stretch this week, with Saudi Aramco earnings, the April Fed minutes and fresh Chinese credit data all landing as markets sit within a whisker of erasing the entire wartime drawdown.

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Week in Markets: Payrolls Soften, Brent Near $88 as War Premium Fully Bleeds Out

A softer April payrolls print, another step lower in crude and a string of forgiving earnings sent Wall Street to within a whisker of its February record, closing a week that effectively erased what was left of the Iran war risk premium.

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Meta lifts 2026 capex to $115 billion as ad revenue tops estimates and Reality Labs loss widens

Meta Platforms raised its full-year capital spending guide by another $9 billion on Wednesday evening, betting that the federal moratorium's failure and a recovering ad market give it cover to keep building AI infrastructure at a record pace.

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Brent Slips Below $90 as Earnings Power Broad Rally

Brent crude closed below $90 a barrel for the first time since February as steady ceasefire compliance and strong first-quarter earnings drove the S&P 500 within a percentage point of erasing its wartime losses.

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Brent tests $90 as Disney, Pfizer set tone for busiest earnings day of quarter

Brent slipped within twenty cents of $90 a barrel and U.S. equity futures drifted in tight ranges Wednesday as investors awaited a wave of bellwether earnings, a Bank of England rate decision and Thursday's Fed minutes.

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AMD prints record data-center quarter as MI400 ramp tests Nvidia's grip on the AI buildout

Advanced Micro Devices posted record data-center revenue and lifted full-year guidance after the close Tuesday, citing MI400 accelerator shipments to three of the four largest U.S. cloud providers and a backlog stretching into the back half of 2027.

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Brent Slides to $92 as Earnings Rebound Erases Most of S&P's War Losses

Brent crude settled at $92.14 on Monday, its lowest close since February, as a steadier ceasefire and stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings pushed the S&P 500 back to within striking distance of its pre-war highs.

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Oil eases toward $90 as earnings and easing Gulf risk pull markets higher

Brent crude has slid below $93 a barrel and U.S. equity futures are pointing higher heading into a heavy week of earnings, as investors take fresh comfort from a holding Gulf ceasefire and softer producer guidance.

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Soft April payrolls cap relief week as Brent settles near $92 and S&P recoups war losses

A cooler-than-expected April jobs report, three blockbuster tech prints and a Brent benchmark drifting toward $92 left global investors closing the first post-ceasefire month with the S&P 500 back above its February highs.

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Brent settles near $93 as April closes with broad recovery and soft China data

Wall Street finished April with its best monthly performance since November as Brent crude slid to a fresh post-ceasefire low near $93, even as a softer Chinese factory print and cautious hyperscaler guidance kept Friday's tone in check.

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Stocks near pre-war highs as Nvidia tops estimates and Brent anchors below $94

Wall Street futures pointed higher Thursday after Nvidia delivered a clean beat and reiterated its capital plan, capping a megacap earnings stretch that has helped the S&P 500 close in on its February peak.

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Microsoft tops estimates as Azure AI revenue jumps 41 percent, signaling capex truce holds

Redmond beat on the top and bottom line and raised full-year data center spending to $96 billion, easing investor fears that the moratorium fight and state pushback would slow AI buildouts.

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Microsoft clears Azure bar as futures firm into Apple print and Brent grinds lower

Microsoft's after-the-bell Azure beat lifted U.S. equity futures into Wednesday's open, while Brent slipped below $93 on a fresh Libyan output uptick and traders set up for Apple's evening print and Thursday's GDP read.

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Apple services and India iPhone output cushion soft China quarter as AI strategy comes into focus

Apple beat fiscal second-quarter estimates on services strength and record India production even as Greater China iPhone revenue slid for a sixth straight quarter, and Tim Cook used the call to outline the company's first detailed defense of its hybrid on-device AI strategy.

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Stocks edge higher into Microsoft print as Brent tests $94 on Libyan restart

U.S. equity futures pointed to a modestly firmer open Tuesday ahead of Microsoft's after-the-bell results, while Brent slid through $94 as a long-delayed Libyan field restart added barrels to a market already absorbing the post-ceasefire glut.

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NVIDIA order book balloons as hyperscalers front-load chip buys ahead of megacap earnings

Forecasters are walking up second-half estimates for NVIDIA after a flurry of late-quarter orders from cloud providers eager to demonstrate momentum before Microsoft and Alphabet report this week.

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Asian stocks open week firmer as dollar eases and Brent tests $94

Global equities advanced and crude slipped to a five-week low at Monday's open as investors moved past the Iran war premium and lined up for results from Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia in the busiest stretch of earnings season.

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Brent slips toward $95 as traders pivot from war premium to earnings

With the Iran ceasefire holding into its 12th day, oil has unwound most of its March spike and global equities head into a heavy earnings week with a recovered, but skittish, footing.

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Hyperscaler capex guidance blows past $200 billion as megacap earnings shrug off moratorium scare

Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta Platforms collectively guided to more than $215 billion in 2026 data-center capital spending this week, raising their pre-war commitments and signaling that the failed federal moratorium has done little to slow the buildout.

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Week of relief: Wall Street claws back war losses as Brent anchors near $98

Global equities closed their best week since January and Brent crude settled at $97.85 as the Iran-Israel ceasefire entered a 10th day and a wave of megacap earnings reassured investors about enterprise spending.

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Brent Near $99 as Recovery Rally Broadens; Earnings Take Center Stage

Brent crude slipped below $99 a barrel Friday as a fragile Gulf calm and rising inventories pulled energy lower, while the S&P 500 closed within 1.2% of its pre-war high on broad earnings-driven gains.

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Tesla stumbles, BofA shines as earnings season replaces war as the driver of the tape

U.S. equity futures wobbled into the cash open Thursday as a mixed batch of overnight earnings underscored that corporate guidance, not the receding Iran-Israel war, has become the dominant input for spring positioning.

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Brent Slides Toward $95 as Equities Extend Post-Ceasefire Rally

Brent crude drifted closer to $95 a barrel on Wednesday as the Iran-Israel ceasefire held into its second week, while Wall Street futures pointed to fresh gains ahead of marquee tech earnings.

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Stocks Grind Higher, Brent Near $94 as Tech Earnings Week Opens on Firmer Footing

Global equities edged higher and crude prices slipped to fresh post-ceasefire lows Tuesday as investors entered the busiest week of first-quarter earnings with the Iran ceasefire holding into its seventh day.

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Stocks extend rally as Brent touches $93; traders pivot to busiest earnings week of the quarter

Global equities pushed higher and Brent crude touched a fresh post-war low Monday as investors absorbed a peaceful weekend in the Gulf and pivoted attention toward more than 175 S&P 500 earnings reports due over the next ten sessions.

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Brent whipsaws near $102 as traders count down final hours to Iran-Israel ceasefire

Crude oscillated in a four-dollar band and global equities traded mixed Tuesday as traders weighed the overnight ballistic salvo from Iran and an Israeli strike on a Khorasan enrichment site against a ceasefire clock now inside its final 15 hours.

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Traders bank best week since war began as ceasefire bets set up tense Asia open

Equities posted their strongest week since the Iran war began and Brent shed another $4 as Islamabad inched toward text, leaving Sunday's Asia open as the next major test of a rapidly thinning war-risk premium.

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Wall Street Trims AI Capex Forecasts Ahead of Hyperscaler Earnings as Moratorium Uncertainty Clouds Guidance

Sell-side analysts cut combined 2026 capital spending forecasts for the four largest U.S. cloud providers by an aggregate $34 billion Friday, citing the House moratorium fight and warning that hyperscaler guidance later this month will likely arrive with unusually wide ranges.

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Brent drops below $100 as Delta warning and Islamabad progress reshape the tape

Crude slipped beneath $100 a barrel for the first time since the Iran war began as Delta cut its outlook and mediators in Islamabad circulated a tighter draft, leaving traders to balance softer growth against a war premium running out of fuel.

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Brent anchors near $108 as Islamabad headlines tug against bank-earnings jitters

Oil drifted sideways and equities opened mixed Tuesday as traders weighed renewed momentum at the Islamabad mediation track against a heavy slate of bank earnings later in the week and lingering questions about the war's economic toll.

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