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Shares dip after recent jump
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Nvidia ( NVDA ) reports second quarter revenue in-line with
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U.S. Treasuries auction shows strong foreign demand
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Dollar inches higher
By Chibuike Oguh
NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Global shares edged lower
on Wednesday, snapping two straight sessions of gains, with
investors weighing Nvidia's ( NVDA ) results, while oil prices
rose amid supply concerns as OPEC+ left production unchanged and
as U.S. authorities barred Chevron ( CVX ) from exporting
Venezuelan crude.
Market sentiment had been lifted by easing of trade tensions
between the U.S. and Europe, after President Donald Trump
delayed plans to impose 50% tariffs on European goods. Trump
said on Tuesday that the European Union's move to set up trade
meetings was positive.
Nvidia ( NVDA ) reported sales that were ahead of analyst
estimates but second-quarter revenue forecasts were slightly
below Wall Street expectations, as the chipmaker faces tighter
U.S. curbs on exports of its AI chips to China.
The semiconductor maker was the last of the "Magnificent 7"
tech companies to report earnings this season. Its shares
finished down 0.5% in regular hours but were up 3% in extended
trading.
On Wall Street, all three indexes finished lower, led by
utilities, energy, and materials stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.58% to
42,098.70, the S&P 500 fell 0.56% to 5,888.55 and the
Nasdaq Composite fell 0.51% to 19,100.94.
Europe's STOXX 600 finished down 0.61%, after
having risen over the last two days on the back of Trump's EU
tariff pause. Britain's FTSE fell 0.59%. MSCI's gauge of
stocks across the globe fell 0.54% to 876.37.
"This is part of the price discovery process," said Bill
Strazzullo, chief markets strategist at Bell Curve Trading in
Boston. "I think we are going to be in a range for the next
couple of months because there's still a lot of uncertainty
because we still don't know how the whole tariff thing is going
to play out and how that's going to impact inflation, the
economy and how the Fed is going to respond."
OPEC+, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
and allies, did not change output policy. It agreed to establish
a mechanism for setting baselines for its 2027 oil production.
The Trump administration issued a new authorization for
Chevron ( CVX ) that would let it keep assets in Venezuela but
not export oil or expand activities, Reuters reported on
Tuesday, citing sources.
Brent crude futures settled up 1.26% to $64.90 a
barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained
1.56% to stand at $61.84 a barrel.
Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting acknowledged
they could face "difficult tradeoffs" in coming months in the
form of rising inflation alongside rising unemployment,
according to newly released minutes of their last meeting
earlier this month.
U.S. Treasury yields were higher on the session, with the
yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes up 3.9 basis
points to 4.473% and the 30-year bond yield gaining
2.8 basis points to 4.9676%. An auction of $70 billion in U.S.
five-year Treasuries, which cleared at 4.071%, showed healthy
foreign demand.
The U.S. dollar gained against peers including the euro and
yen amid optimism about possible trade deals and following soft
demand for Japanese 40-year bonds.
The dollar strengthened 0.35% to 144.82 against the Japanese
yen, but was flat at 0.827 against the Swiss franc
. The euro down 0.32% at $1.1292.
Gold prices fell. Spot gold fell 0.18% to $3,293.66
an ounce. U.S. gold futures settled 0.2% lower at
$3,294.90.