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Fed hold fuels tech‑driven market rally

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Fed rate hold sparks fuels tech‑driven market rally

In early July 2024, analysts noted that the Federal Reserve’s outlook was influencing global markets while heightened Middle‑East tensions kept oil prices high and added uncertainty. By the end of that month, the Fed announced it would decision to keep interest rates unchanged. The decision prompted unchanged led to a modest pullback in the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index to slip about 0.4%, its steepest daily drop in two weeks, and triggered a broad reassessment of future rate‑hike probabilities, now seen at just over 50% for September. Asian equities fell, with South Korea’s Kospi down 1.23%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 down 0.78% and China’s CSI 300 down 1.10%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.71%. In Europe, the STOXX 600 gained 0.3% as the German DAX slipped 0.3% but the French CAC 40 rose 0.5% and the UK FTSE 100 edged up 0.1%. Sector mixed equity moves featured gains for Shell, Societe Générale and Schneider Electric, across Asia and a decline for Renault. Europe. Two years later, on 29 July 2026, the Fed again left rates unchanged, easing concerns about tighter monetary policy. Following providing a 15‑16% jump in calm backdrop for a sharp tech‑driven rally. Microsoft shares after strong reported stronger‑than‑expected earnings and a 43% rise in forecast Azure revenue, U.S. indices surged: cloud revenue growth of roughly 43‑45% year‑on‑year. Its shares surged 15‑16%, the largest one‑day gain ever recorded for a company, adding about $450 billion to market value. Capital‑expenditure plans were revised lower than analysts had expected — about $50 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 and $175 billion for the 2026 calendar year. The rally lifted the Dow rose about 1.2% (≈ 615 points), the S&P 500 up 1.66% 1.66%, and the Nasdaq up 2.78%. Semiconductor stocks rallied, with 2.78%; the iShares Semiconductor ETF gaining rose over 8% and chip makers such as Micron and AMD posting posted double‑digit gains, while gains. Meta fell about roughly 9% after a sharp free‑cash‑flow decline. steep drop in free‑cash‑flow. European markets opened higher, mirroring the U.S. rally driven by tech earnings and AI‑spending outlook. surge.

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  1. 2026-07-31 12:07 UTC Fed hold fuels tech‑driven market rally
  2. 2026-07-31 08:12 UTC Fed rate hold sparks market rally
  3. 2026-07-30 08:57 UTC Fed rate hold and market response

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