{"id":87789,"date":"2026-07-06T18:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=87789"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:03:27","slug":"monday-6th-july-2026-u-s-futures-rise-after-record-wall-street-rally-fed-minutes-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-6th-july-2026-u-s-futures-rise-after-record-wall-street-rally-fed-minutes-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 6th July 2026: U.S. Futures Rise After Record Wall Street Rally; Fed Minutes in Focus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.64%, Shanghai Composite up 0.08% Hang Seng up 0.58% ASX down 0.16%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,172.31 (1.13%) Silver at $62.220 (1.89%), Brent Oil at $71.90 (-0.31%), WTI Oil at $68.62 (-0.10%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.465, UK 10-year yield at 4.7868, Germany 10-year yield at 2.9323<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(USD) Non-Farm Employment Change 57K&nbsp; to 114K&nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock futures edged higher on Sunday night after a strong week on Wall Street pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fresh record highs. Dow futures gained 89 points, or 0.17%, while S&amp;P 500 futures rose 0.4% and Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 0.98%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors reassessed artificial intelligence-related stocks and awaited the release of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2019s June policy meeting later this week. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 fell 0.7%, while the Topix gained 0.2%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi lost 0.91%, with the Kosdaq down 1%. Chinese markets opened higher, with Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index rising 0.4% and the CSI 300 adding 0.2%. Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 remained flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese yen traded at 161.54 per U.S. dollar after recently touching a 40-year low, while South Korea\u2019s won weakened 0.25% following the launch of 24-hour currency trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the Dow climbed nearly 2%, while the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 1.8% and 2.1%, respectively. Although semiconductor stocks remained under pressure, investors shifted toward sectors such as financials, healthcare, and industrials. Analysts believe this broader market participation is encouraging, with expectations that the S&amp;P 500 could approach the 8,000 level in the coming weeks as attention turns to the Federal Reserve\u2019s latest meeting minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>08:30 AM GMT &#8211; GBP Final Services PMI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: U.S. stock futures edged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":84958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87793,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87789\/revisions\/87793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}