Global News: US stocks opened higher and closed lower. NVIDIA’s revenue "Thunderstorm" fell more than 6%
US stocks opened higher and went lower on Monday. The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq closed down by nearly 1% in intraday trading, while the Dow rose slightly by 0.09%. Brent crude oil rose by nearly 2%; New york gold futures re-entered the $1,800 mark. The strong employment data released last week made investors hold their breath for the US CPI (released on Wednesday), while the NVIDIA revenue warning dragged down the performance of the index.
NVIDIA, a graphics card giant, gave a pre-market performance warning on Monday, and predicted that its revenue in the second quarter would be US$ 6.7 billion, down 19% month-on-month and up only 3% year-on-year, mainly due to the sluggish performance of the game business (games+mining graphics cards) (revenue decreased by 44% month-on-month and decreased by 33% year-on-year). Overall revenue was much lower than NVIDIA’s previous forecast of $8.1 billion, and the stock closed down 6.3% (it fell over 9% in intraday trading), which also dragged down the Nasdaq. The company will hold a financial report meeting on August 24th.
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Among large-scale technology stocks, Apple fell 0.29%, Microsoft fell 0.92%, Amazon fell 0.99%, Google A fell 0.14% and Meta rose 1.88%.
Among the large Chinese stocks, Alibaba fell by 1.86%, Baidu by 1.03%, Netease by 0.54%, Pinduoduo by 5.13%, Weibo by 1.42%, iQiyi by 0.26%, Good Future by 4.09% and New Oriental by 8.57%.
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The main contract of crude oil in the previous period closed at 669.20 yuan per barrel overnight, up 1.72%.
Overnight, the Shanghai gold main contract closed up 0.73% to 391.00 yuan per gram; The main contract of Shanghai Bank closed up 3.51% to 4,518.00 yuan per kilogram.
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American consumers’ inflation expectations dropped significantly in July, and the inflation expectations will drop to 6.2% in the coming year.
The sharp drop in gasoline prices and the growing belief among Americans that the rapid rise in food and housing prices will also subside in the future, American consumers’ expectations of future inflation dropped significantly in July.
According to the monthly consumer expectation survey of the Federal Reserve Bank of new york, the inflation expectation of the respondents in the coming year is 6.2%, which is the largest monthly decline in the survey history; 3.2% in the next three years. Although these figures are still high compared with the historical range, they are significantly lower than the results of 6.8% and 3.6% in the June survey.
In August, the investor confidence index in the euro zone recorded another negative value, and the economic downturn expectation intensified.
According to the latest report of German market research institute Sentix, the investor confidence index in the euro zone recorded -25.2 in August, slightly rising from the previous value of -26.4, but still lower than market expectations.
According to the report, "the euro zone economy is still in a difficult situation. A slight rebound does not mean that the alarm is lifted, and the possibility of recession is still high."
EU submits "final text" on resuming the implementation of the Iranian nuclear deal.
On Monday, the EU submitted a "final text" on resuming the implementation of the 2015 the Iranian nuclear deal to the participants in the negotiations on resuming the implementation of the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, and expected all parties to make a political decision on this "final text".
Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, posted on social media that all the contents that can be negotiated have been negotiated and are now written into the "final text". All parties need to make political decisions on every technical issue and every detail in the "final text". If there is no objection, you can sign the agreement.
The United States seized a Russian oligarch’s private jet worth $90 million
According to CCTV news, foreign media reported that the U.S. federal prosecutor had taken action to seize Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch’s Airbus A319 worth $90 million.
According to reports, Andrei Sarkozy is known as "the richest man in Duma" and has been a member of the Russian National Assembly since 1999. The United States has imposed sanctions on him since 2018, claiming that Sarkozy has "long-term ties with Russian organized criminal groups". After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, the United States imposed further sanctions on Sarkozy and its assets.
USAID: Ukraine will receive an additional $4.5 billion in funding.
On August 8, local time, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a statement saying that it would provide an additional $4.5 billion to the Ukrainian government, bringing the total amount of US aid to Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in February to $8.5 billion.
According to the statement, the funds will flow to the Ukrainian government in batches through the coordination of the World Bank and the US Treasury Department, and the first batch of funds of 3 billion US dollars will be paid from August.
The strong employment report raised the Fed’s expectation of raising interest rates by 75 basis points, and then became the basic situation. Citigroup even thought that raising interest rates by 100 basis points.
Faced with the strong employment report released last Friday, economists from JPMorgan Chase, Evercore ISI and LH Meyer think that the Fed may raise interest rates more sharply this year, and Citigroup even expects the Fed to raise interest rates by a full percentage point in September.
Michael Feroli of JPMorgan Chase and Derek Tang of LH Meyer now predict that the Fed may raise interest rates by 75 basis points at its meeting on September 20-21, compared with the previous forecast of 50 basis points. Evercore analysts led by Krishna Guha expect to increase by 25 basis points this year and raise the upper limit of the target range of the federal funds rate to 3.75% by December.
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NVIDIA’s revenue in the second quarter is expected to be 6.7 billion US dollars, resulting in a 19% decline from the previous month.
NVIDIA said that due to the sluggish game business, revenue in the second quarter will drop by 19% from the previous quarter, only increasing by 3% year-on-year, reaching $6.7 billion, far below the company’s previous guidance of $8.1 billion, which caused the company’s share price to fall by more than 6% (once fell by more than 9% in intraday trading).
NVIDIA predicted that the game business revenue in the second quarter will reach 2.04 billion US dollars, down 44% from the previous month and down 33% from the same period last year. In contrast, data center business revenue will reach 3.81 billion US dollars, up 1% from the previous month and up 61% from the same period last year.
Federal Aviation Administration: Delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be restarted in "the next few days"
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that Boeing is expected to resume the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner in the next few days.
Since the end of 2020, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been found to have many quality problems, and the delivery has almost stopped.
The FAA said in a statement: "Boeing has made necessary changes to ensure that the 787 Dreamliner meets all certification standards. The FAA will inspect each aircraft before issuing airworthiness certificates and approving delivery. "
Ruixing’s revenue in the second quarter increased by 72% year-on-year, and its profit margin greatly improved, with nearly 7,200 stores.
Luckin Coffee’s total net income in the second quarter was 3,298.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 72.4%. There were 615 new stores in this quarter, and the total number of stores reached 7195.
According to the financial report, as of the second quarter, there were 4,968 self-operated stores and 2,227 affiliated stores in Luckin Coffee. Luckin Coffee’s business growth capacity continued to improve, with the same-store sales growth rate of self-operated stores reaching 41.2%. In addition, the profitability of Luckin Coffee has been further improved, with the profit rate of self-operated stores reaching 30.6%, which is significantly higher than that of 23.1% in the same period in 2021.
The average number of trading customers in this quarter increased by 68.6% year-on-year to 20.7 million. According to American Accounting Standards (CAAP), the operating profit of Luckin Coffee in the second quarter was 241.6 million yuan, and the operating profit rate under American Accounting Standards (GAAP) was 7.3%, while the loss in the same period in 2021 was 47.5 million yuan.
Alibaba: Voluntary conversion to dual major listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
Alibaba announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it would voluntarily switch to dual major listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and this application has been confirmed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The effective date of the major conversion is expected to be before the end of 2022.
Ali said that after the relevant procedures are completed, Alibaba will become a dual-listed company with american depository receipts on the new york Stock Exchange and ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
At that time, American-listed depositary shares and Hong Kong-listed common shares can be exchanged, and investors can continue to choose to hold Alibaba shares in one form or another.