FTSE 100 Edges Up 0.1% at the Open as Europe Trades on Rate Signals

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MARKET OPEN

Europe

3:00am ET

🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.10%
🇩🇪 DAX-0.15%
🇫🇷 CAC 40—

London opens a tenth of a percent higher while Frankfurt slips, so Europe is trading on local rate stories. UK growth and Bank of England pricing are what move the FTSE from here.

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London opened in positive territory at 14,651.94 on Monday, while its continental peers were not all moving in the same direction.

Frankfurt's DAX slipped 0.15% at the open, showing how differently rate expectations are being priced across European markets. A divergence at the bell points to country-specific drivers.

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CLOSING BELL

Asia

4:00am ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng-1.10%
🇨🇳 SSE Composite+0.07%

Hong Kong shed 1.1% while Shanghai finished essentially unchanged, pointing to offshore rather than mainland selling. Anyone treating China exposure as one trade just got a reminder that the two tapes are moving apart.

MARKET OPEN

Asia

Sep 6, 9:30pm ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng-0.62%
🇨🇳 SSE Composite—

Hong Kong gives back 0.62% at the open, setting a cautious tone for Asia before mainland trade gets going. Property and China policy headlines are the swing factor from here.

MARKET OPEN

Nikkei 225 🇯🇵 JPX

Sep 6, 8:00pm ET

+0.07%

416.42

Tokyo opens a fraction higher, and the flat tape is the story: traders are refusing to commit ahead of a Bank of Japan meeting that Governor Ueda has hinted could deliver a rate hike. A move would ripple straight through the yen carry trade funding US equities.

52-week highs Sep 4, 6:00pm ET

5 stocks hit new 52-week highs this week

DELLDell Technologies$524.14+6.0%
SNOWSnowflake$337.18+5.7%
BOXBox$35.19+3.5%
PFEPfizer$28.45+1.6%
CVXChevron$208.6+1.2%

Five stocks cleared 52-week highs this week: Dell topped its prior peak by 6% at $524.14, with Snowflake close behind at 5.7%. Box, Pfizer and Chevron rounded out the list with narrower breakouts.

THE IPO WIRE

ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ADRX · Nasdaq

Sep 4, 5:24pm ET

ADARx registers for a Nasdaq IPO behind a five-bank syndicate

ADARx Pharmaceuticals filed its S-1 to list on Nasdaq, with J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, TD Cowen, UBS and LifeSci Capital running the books. Terms and deal size are still blank, so the price range in the next amendment is the first real read on demand.

NFLX Netflix

After-hours

Sep 4, 4:20pm ET

$78.25

-4.75% open $82.15

Netflix is down 4.75% to $78.25 in after-hours trade, a rare single-session drop for a $325.8 billion name. Whether the $82.15 open gets reclaimed tomorrow is the level to watch.

Biggest movers · At the close Sep 4, 4:10pm ET

Gainers

GPROGoPro$1.73+24.1%
SNDKSanDisk$1,735.55+11.6%
ALABAstera Labs$311.74+10.2%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.$177.22+8.3%
IRENIren$44.65+7.2%

Losers

ASANAsana$8.9-11.8%
TSLATesla$354.48-5.8%
WDAYWorkday$195.78-5.4%
NFLXNetflix$78.31-5.3%
SNOWSnowflake$337.85-5.2%

Thursday's close split hard along hardware versus software: GoPro added 24.1% and SanDisk, Astera Labs and SK hynix all posted double-digit or near double-digit gains, while Asana, Workday and Snowflake each shed more than 5%. Tesla and Netflix fell with them.

CLOSING BELL

U.S. Markets

Sep 4, 4:00pm ET

S&P 500-0.38%
Dow Jones Industrial Average-0.58%
Nasdaq Composite-0.37%

The Dow did the heavy lifting on the downside, dropping 310 points as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq eased. Old-economy names carried the selling into the close.

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Sep 4, 12:16pm ET

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CLOSING BELL

Europe

Sep 4, 11:35am ET

🇬🇧 FTSE 100-0.03%
🇩🇪 DAX-0.01%
🇫🇷 CAC 40-0.10%

London finished within four points of where it started the day, holding above 10,800 while Paris and Frankfurt also drifted lower. With the Bank of England signaling it is ready to hike if inflation keeps climbing, that flatness is a market waiting for the next rate signal.

IOT Samsara

Regular session

Sep 4, 11:20am ET

$40.30

-10.26% open $44.90

A 10.3% slide to $40.30 the day after a Q2 FY27 earnings beat says holders are repricing the guidance. Keep an eye on whether the stock stabilizes above the open.