News desk · Evening edition · Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Equities have stayed near record territory, keeping the broader bull regime intact, even as risk appetite gyrates day to day. Consumer confidence just tumbled to a 14-year low and job openings plateaued, adding fresh cracks beneath the AI-driven rally. Shanghai tumbled 1.67% overnight and high-yield bonds are having their worst month since 2022, even as the VIX held essentially flat near 16.

auto-generated · written Sep 29, 2026, 4:28 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

MongoDB shares fall nearly 20% intraday as CEO departs for Meta, stock now $337.19
Ford CEO warns Europe cannot compete with Chinese automakers, unlike the U.S.
TSMC explores a second U.S. manufacturing site

Sector and commodities

Australia's central bank raises rates to a 15-year high, more hikes possible
Trump's Canadian import restrictions officially take effect amid ongoing talks
Materials sector falls 0.75% today, deepening its 7.25% monthly slide

Crypto

holds near $83,625, essentially flat and little changed since last edition

Fixed income

High-yield bonds suffer their worst month since 2022 amid global volatility
10-year Treasury yield climbs to 5.25%, up 1.37% since first flagged Sept 25
Analysts call current stock-bond return gap the 'best buying opportunity in decades'

Nikkei 225 (N225)-0.7%

Nikkei extends its slide to 65,481, down 0.73% today and back toward its mid-September lows.

FTSE 100 (FTSE)-0.5%

FTSE 100 falls to 10,636.71, a fresh September low as global risk-off sentiment weighs on UK stocks.

Russell 2000 (RUT)-0.4%

Russell 2000 slips to 2,807.92, down 5.53% this month as small caps lag the broader market most.