On Tuesday, Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.18% to 46,584.46 points, the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1% to 22,017.85 points, and the S&P 500 rose 0.08% to 6,616.85 points.
On the sector front, large-cap tech stocks were mixed: Google rose nearly 2%, Amazon rose 0.46%, Facebook rose 0.35%, Nvidia rose 0.26%, Apple fell over 2%, Tesla fell over 1%, and Microsoft fell 0.16%.
Most chip stocks rose, with Broadcom surging over 6%, Intel rising over 4%, Lam Research and Teradyne rising over 1%, AMD rising 0.61%, ARM falling over 3%, and Qualcomm falling over 1%.
Most energy stocks rose, with Chevron and Schlumberger up over 1%, Exxon Mobil up 0.28%, ConocoPhillips up 0.1%, and Occidental Petroleum down 0.05%.
Airline stocks generally fell, with United Airlines down nearly 2%, Boeing and Delta Air Lines down over 1%, American Airlines down nearly 1%, and Southwest Airlines down 0.79%.
Chinese concept stocks generally fell, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index down 0.94%. Among popular Chinese concept stocks, Canadian Solar fell over 5%, BaWangChaJi fell over 4%, LuKong and Qifu Technology fell over 3%, Tiger Brokers, BOSS Zhipin, Alibaba, and Pony.ai fell over 2%, and NIO, XPeng Motors, and Weibo fell over 1%.
In European stock markets, the FTSE 100 index in London closed at 10348.79 points on July 7, down 87.50 points, or 0.84%, from the previous trading day; the CAC 40 index in Paris closed at 7908.74 points, down 53.65 points, or 0.67%; and the DAX index in Frankfurt closed at 22921.59 points, down 246.49 points, or 1.06%.
International oil prices were mixed on July 7. WTI crude oil for May delivery settled up 54 cents at $112.95 a barrel, a gain of 0.48%; Brent crude oil for June delivery settled down 50 cents at $109.27 a barrel, a decrease of 0.46%.
International precious metals futures generally closed higher, with COMEX gold futures rising 1.04% to $4733.30 per ounce and COMEX silver futures rising 0.36% to $73.11 per ounce.
The US dollar index fell on the 7th. The dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.12% to close at 99.857 in late trading.
White House Press Secretary Levitt told Axios on the 7th that President Trump had received Pakistan’s latest proposal on the current situation and would respond.
Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran is actively considering Pakistan’s request for a two-week ceasefire.
Earlier, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz posted on social media that he had requested Trump to extend the “deadline” by two weeks and also requested Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks as a gesture of goodwill.
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