News desk · Evening edition · Thursday, September 3, 2026

Equities have stayed near record territory through a volatility spike, keeping the broader bull regime intact. Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face buy and a tech rebound flipped the Nasdaq and S&P 500 sharply higher even as the Nikkei plunged 2.85% overnight. The VIX collapsed 6% to 14.28 and Bitcoin topped $80,000, both signaling risk appetite reasserting itself into tomorrow's jobs report.

auto-generated · written Sep 3, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Thursday, September 3, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, one of its largest deals ever
Google rebounds with new AI models after its longest monthly losing streak in over a decade
Palantir shares slump on renewed valuation concerns after August's post-earnings rally

Sector and commodities

Diesel crack spreads hit record highs amid a global fuel supply squeeze
Mortgage rates climb to year-highs near 7%

Crypto

tops $80,000, now trading near $81,417, as crypto sentiment improves

Fixed income

Wall Street braces for Friday's August jobs report amid hiring slump concerns

FTSE 100 (FTSE)+0.7%

FTSE 100 rose 0.7% to 10831.52, tracking the global rally despite overnight Iran-Kuwait tensions.

DAX (GDAXI)+0.6%

DAX climbed 0.6% to 26003.32, rebounding with Wall Street's tech-led bounce after Wednesday's slide.

Russell 2000 (RUT)+0.5%

Russell 2000 rose only 0.5% to 2968.27, trailing the S&P's 1.06% gain as gains stay large-cap led.