Stock Market Update
14-Oct-25 14:00 ET
Gold rises as Fed cut bets grow, dollar weakens on trade tensions
Dow +436.57
at 46503.94,
Nasdaq -45.90
at 22648.73,
S&P +21.54
at 6676.25
[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-0.20%) is down about 45 points with about two hours to go on the session.
Gold futures settled $30.40 higher (+0.7%) at $4,163.40/oz, as traders bet on imminent Fed rate cuts and falling real yields. Safe-haven demand also strengthened amid renewed U.S./China trade tensions and softer equity sentiment.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.3% to $99.02.
