News desk · Evening edition · Friday, September 25, 2026

Equities have stayed near record territory, keeping the broader bull regime intact, even as risk appetite gyrates day to day. Bank of America flagged bond-market anxiety and financial-stock weakness as a caution signal even as the Dow led with a 0.93% gain and the VIX fell 4.85% to 14.91. Apple's margin outlook drew fresh scrutiny and Saudi Arabia's crude exports hit their highest since the Iran conflict began.

auto-generated · written Sep 25, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Friday, September 25, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

Bank of America warns bond anxiety and financial-stock weakness could presage a market selloff
Bernstein flags rising component costs threatening 's iPhone gross margins
consolidates Copilot features into one app to compete with Anthropic

Sector and commodities

Saudi Arabia's crude exports climb to highest level since Iran conflict intensified
Options traders position against consensus expectations for oil prices
Energy sector fell 0.86% today even as crude inventories stayed roughly flat

Crypto

continues its slide, now around $84,073, down about 1.8% since first flagged
Bitget suspects North Korea behind a $352 million platform hack

Fixed income

10-year Treasury yield holds at 5.18%, up 3.8% since first flagged this week
Surging yields keep pushing the 30-year mortgage rate toward multi-decade highs

Dow Jones (DJI)+0.9%

The Dow jumped 0.93% to 51828.62, its best one-day bounce since sliding off August's 53686 high.

Nikkei 225 (N225)+0.8%

The Nikkei rose 0.76% to 66364, extending its recovery from mid-September's 63483 low.

DAX (GDAXI)+0.6%

Germany's DAX edged up 0.56% to 25408.64 but remains down 3.6% over the past month.