GuShiio.com ① Hot Chinese stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index down 0.77%;
② Trump suspends tariffs on Mexican-Canadian goods that comply with the US-Mexico Agreement;
③ The investigation report into the assassination of Trump’s campaign rally will be released next week;
④OpenAI and Oracle accelerate the Stargate project.
Overnight stock market
On Thursday, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed down collectively, with the Dow falling 0.99%, the Nasdaq falling 2.61%, and the S & P 500 index falling 1.78%. The Nasdaq index has fallen more than 10% from its record high on December 16 and has officially entered a correction range.
Popular Chinese stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index down 0.77%. Dingdong grocery shopping rose by more than 13%, Krypton rose by more than 4%, Xiaopeng Automobile rose by more than 2%, Wenyuan Zhixing fell by more than 10%, and Ideal Automobile fell by more than 3%.
Major European stock indexes closed mixed, with Germany’s DAX30 index rising 1.47%, Britain’s FTSE 100 index falling 0.83%, France’s CAC40 index rising 0.29%, and Europe’s Stoxx 50 index rising 0.57%.
commodity market
COMEX gold futures closed down 0.21% at US$2,919.8 per ounce;COMEX silver futures closed up 0.23% at US$33.21 per ounce.
The settlement price of WTI crude oil futures rose 0.07% to US$66.36/barrel. Brent crude oil futures settled up 0.23% to US$69.46/barrel.
market news
[Trump signs an amendment to suspend tariffs on Mexican-Canadian goods that comply with the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement]
U.S. President Trump signed an amendment to tariffs on Mexico and Canada on the 6th local time, exempting products that comply with the “U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement”(U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement) from tariffs until April 2. Earlier in the day, Trump posted on social media saying that the 25% tariff measure imposed on Mexico would be suspended until April 2. This decision applies to the “U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement”(U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement) All goods and services covered.
[The United States and Ukraine plan to hold talks in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss the preliminary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine]
U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East, Witkov, said on the 6th that U.S. and Ukraine officials are discussing arrangements for holding talks in Saudi Arabia next week. The talks will discuss the framework of the Russia-Ukraine peace agreement and the realization of a preliminary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Witkov said that he had a feeling that the U.S. -Uzbekistan talks would achieve good results and would send a “positive signal” to Russia, which has also shown a “proactive” attitude in promoting negotiations aimed at ending the conflict and achieving peace.
[Trump: NATO countries “don’t pay”, the United States “won’t defend”]
U.S. President Trump said on March 6 local time that NATO countries have not paid enough fees. If NATO countries “don’t pay,” the United States “won’t defend.” Trump had previously threatened that the United States might “absolutely” withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if its allies ‘defense spending “does not meet standards.”
[Report on the investigation into the assassination of Trump campaign rally will be released next week]
U.S. President Trump said an investigation report into last year’s shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania “will be released next week.” On the evening of July 13, 2024, Thomas Matthew Crookes, a 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania, fired several shots from the roof of a building about 140 meters away from the Trump podium at a campaign rally in Butler, state., causing Trump to be injured in the upper part of his right ear and causing one death and two serious injuries to the audience. Crooks was shot dead on the spot. Kimberly Chetel, then director of the Secret Service, admitted that this was the “most significant failure of the Secret Service’s security work in decades.” Chittel “assumes full responsibility” and has resigned.
[The US lunar lander “Athena” landed on the moon but did not stand upright]
The lunar lander “Athena” developed by the American company “Intuition Machines” landed on the moon at around 12:30 on the 6th local time. The company’s CEO said they believed Athena failed to stand upright. According to NASA, at about 19:16 EDT on February 26, the “Athena” lander was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the Space Exploration Technology Corporation’s “Falcon 9” rocket. NASA subsequently confirmed that the lander was separated from the rocket, and that the former entered a predetermined orbit and continued to fly towards the moon. About a week after flying, the lander is expected to land in a crater near the moon’s south pole on March 6.
[OpenAI and Oracle accelerate the Stargate project]
OpenAI and Oracle plan to begin deploying hundreds of thousands of powerful AI chips from Nvidia to a new large data center in Abilene, Texas in the next few months, part of their $100 billion Stargate infrastructure project’s first facility up and running. According to people familiar with the matter, by the end of 2026, the data center is expected to install 64,000 Nvidia’s highly sought after GB200 semiconductor chips. The person said that the chips will be installed in multiple halls of the data center in stages, and the first batch of 16,000 chips is planned to be deployed before this summer.
[EU leaders except Hungary agree to further support Ukraine]
On March 6 local time, the European Council announced the statement on European defense reached by various countries at the special summit that day. Leaders of member states unanimously expressed support for the proposal that European countries need to significantly increase defense spending, saying they wanted to “accelerate the mobilization of necessary means and funds to strengthen EU security and the protection of EU citizens.” The statement also called on the European Commission to “propose additional sources of defense funding at the EU level, including by providing additional possibilities and incentives to all member states.” According to sources, leaders of EU member states reached an agreement on further support for Ukraine at a special summit held in Brussels on the 6th. However, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban refused to join the agreement, and the decision was supported by 26 of the 27 member states.
[Zelensky and Macron held a meeting to emphasize the realization of lasting peace]
Ukraine President Zelensky posted on his official social platform that he met with French President Macron during the European Council meeting held in Brussels, Belgium that day. The two sides discussed a meeting to be held on March 11 with the participation of military representatives from various countries and coordinated their positions and next steps. Zelensky said that based on the interaction of Ukraine, the whole of Europe and the United States, a truly lasting peace is possible and the war must end as soon as possible. In addition, Zelensky also said that the first measures to achieve peace were proposed at the special meeting of the Council of Europe and called on partners to support them. He said the stability and security of Europe as a whole depend on everyone’s actions.
