News desk · Evening edition · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Equities have stayed near record territory through a volatility spike, keeping the broader bull regime intact. The VIX cratered 6.92% to 15.21 today, unwinding most of Tuesday's fear spike as breadth held near 75% above the 50-day average. A weak ADP print of just 38,000 August private jobs revived rate-cut bets even as Fed's Williams floated further hikes and bond yields sat near their highest since 2008.

auto-generated · written Sep 2, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

ADP report shows August private payroll growth slowed to just 38,000 jobs
Uber announces plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce
CrowdStrike posts a strong quarter but issues cautious forward guidance

Sector and commodities

Exxon, Chevron and partners advance new Venezuela oil investment plans
AI capital expenditure forecast to exceed combined cost of past railway and internet buildouts

Crypto

trades near $77,397, essentially flat versus the $77,457 level first flagged a week ago

Fixed income

Fed's Williams seen opening the door to further interest rate hikes
Bank of Canada weighs a tariff shock ahead of its Wednesday rate decision

Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)+0.5%

Nasdaq's 0.45% bounce today comes as Nvidia's 70% growth guidance offsets cautious tech reports like CrowdStrike's.

FTSE 100 (FTSE)-0.3%

FTSE's dip to 10,756 lags the broader oil rally, weighed instead by the same Iran-driven market unease.

Shanghai Composite (000001.SS)-0.2%

Shanghai holds near its Aug 31 peak of 3986, its steadiest month while Western indices wobbled.