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<Full-day Takeaway>HSI Closes at 24,963, Down 247 pts; HSTI Closes at 4,629, Down 68 pts; BABA Down over 4%; BOC HONG KONG, DAH SING, DAHSING BANKING, TCL ELECTRONICS, SWIRE PACIFIC A Hit New Highs; Market Turnover Rises
2026/07/24 16:12 GMT+08

At close, HSI dropped 247 pts or 1.0% to 24,963. HSTI dropped 68 pts or 1.5% to 4,629. HSCEI fell 81 pts or 1.0% to 8,271. Market  turnover reached $209.88 billion.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1534861/top-news/AAFN
#HKMarketUpdate
<H Shrs>HSI Dives 247 pts for Day as BABA-W Slips Over 4%; BOC HONG KONG Soars 6% to Record High
2026/07/24 16:46 GMT+08

Middle East tensions remained elevated, while sharp post-results downswings in Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.US)  -24.400 (-7.133%)   Pre +0.808% and Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US)  -54.320 (-14.524%)   Pre +1.023% weighed on the three major US stock indices, which fell about 1-2%.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1534876/top-news/AAFN
#SgMarketUpdate
Singapore stocks end higher on Friday, bucking regional declines; STI up 0.1%

Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Jul 24), with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 0.1 per cent or 6.58 points to finish at 5,588.34.

Seatrium : 5E2 +1.43% led the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 1.4 per cent or S$0.03 to S$2.13.

The worst performer among STI constituents was UOL : U14 -3.09%, which fell 3.1 per cent or S$0.30 to S$9.40.

The three local banks inched upwards. DBS : D05 +0.6% gained 0.6 per cent or S$0.44 to end at S$73.94, OCBC : O39 +0.66% rose 0.7 per cent or S$0.19 to S$29.09, and UOB : U11 +0.74% was up 0.7 per cent or S$0.32 at S$43.32...

Key regional indices were in the red. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index lost 1 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 2.7 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi was down 5.7 per cent and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined 0.8 per cent...

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-stocks-end-higher-friday-bucking-regional-declines-sti-0-1
#Soloway

Oil tagged the 50% Fibonacci retrace to the penny and is pulling back — and Gareth's short, averaged near $90, is in the money. But the bigger story is the S&P's make-or-break trend line off the 2021 bull-market high. Sell off today and early next week and price hits that line for the third time in six weeks, and the more a level gets tested, the weaker it gets. Add a sentiment shift — Intel reports a stellar quarter and barely moves because CapEx worries now trump good numbers — and the tape is fragile heading into the World Cup of earnings next week.

📐 TODAY'S GAME PLAN

🔴 US OIL — Down about 2.7% after tagging the 50% retrace exactly at yesterday's high, right into a trend line off the March $120 peak. Gareth stays short (avg ~$90), targeting a pullback toward $80 within a week or two.
🔵 SPY / QQQ — S&P testing the 2021 trend line for a possible third time in six weeks. Holds as a bull flag, but a break below turns it into a failed breakout; a robust rally through ~$7,550 opens the next leg up. Nasdaq under a touch more pressure.
🔵 10-YR YIELD / DXY / USD-JPY — Yields ease as oil pulls back, but the $40T deficit keeps a floor under rates. Dollar inching toward resistance near 101.70; dollar-yen still climbing — the intervention risk that cracked the Nasdaq 15% in 2024.
🔵 INTC — Amazing earnings, but the "spending more" guidance caps it at roughly +2%. Too flat to trade unless it spikes or drops to the $89 pivot.
🔵 AXP — American Express gaps down on earnings; Gareth eyes a day-trade level near the $3-handle pivot after the first gap-fill support already tagged. Notes the shift toward fee-on-debt profits as a warning sign.
🔵 ORCL — Only slightly higher on a small $7B government contract — but Gareth connects the tea leaves to Intel's playbook and the Ellison-Trump relationship as a potential setup.
🔴 MU — Micron rolling back in after holding up yesterday.
🔵 GOLD — Flat after a big drawdown off the high pivot; the wedge tightens like a pressure cooker. Gareth waits for the break, nibbling long only near $3,500–$3,600.
🔵 SILVER — Range-bound; resistance $63–$64, support $54, with both trend lines converging near $63–$64 in about two weeks.
🟢 NATGAS — Catching a bid and holding support. Gareth is longer-term bullish on data-center demand, near-term just slightly so.
🔵 BITCOIN — Third down day after testing the key pivot. Fail here and $58K comes into view.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: The more a level is tested, the weaker it gets. The S&P's trend line held twice — a third touch raises the odds of a failed breakout, and failed patterns are among the most negative signals on the chart.

TIMESTAMPS (estimated)
00:00 Happy Friday: Sentiment Shift in the Market
02:00 S&P Futures and the Intel Reaction
05:00 S&P Daily: The Third Trend-Line Test
08:30 Dollar, Yields, and the $40T Deficit
11:30 US Oil: Tagging the 50% Fib Retrace
15:00 Dollar-Yen: The Intervention Risk
17:00 Intel Earnings: Great Numbers, Flat Stock
20:00 American Express and the Credit-Card Warning
23:00 Oracle: Connecting the Government-Contract Tea Leaves
26:00 Micron, Gold, and Silver
29:00 Natural Gas and Bitcoin
31:00 Wrap-Up: Be the Casino, Not the Gambler

#StockMarket #Trading #TechnicalAnalysis #Oil #SP500 #Intel #Oracle #Gold #Silver #Bitcoin #Earnings #DayTrading #Investing

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