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Today's brief: October 6, 2026
A hiking Fed meets a 29,000-job September, yields sit at 24-year highs and the Nasdaq keeps setting records
Rates dominate the week: the Fed restarted hikes on September 16, the September jobs report came in at 29,000 and the 10-year yield closed at 5.31%. Brent traded at $102.31 on Strait of Hormuz risk, Brazil rallied on a first-round election surprise, and October opens its usual seasonal windows in natural gas, European stocks, bitcoin and lean hogs.
A 29,000-job September meets a Fed that just restarted hiking
The Fed's first hike of a new cycle came just over two weeks before a weak payrolls print. History after first hikes is mixed for stocks over a month.
Yields at 24-year highs while the Nasdaq keeps setting records
The 30-year yield closed at its highest in over 24 years on the same day the Nasdaq printed its 23rd record of 2026.
Tariff threats of up to 300%: what past tariff headlines did to markets
A rally speech named South Korea, China, Japan and Canada. Past escalation headlines have hit Asian exporters and oil hardest within a week.
Brazil's first-round surprise sends the Ibovespa to a record
Flavio Bolsonaro edged Lula in the first round. The runoff is on October 25, and the Ibovespa closed at a record.
Brent at $102.31: a Hormuz risk premium meets a seasonally weak window
OPEC+ held output steady and the Brent-WTI spread widened above $11. Autumn refinery maintenance usually softens crude demand.
Natural gas enters one of its strongest seasonal months with LNG flows disrupted
October has been one of Henry Hub's strongest months in our data. Storage builds are running below average and Qatar extended force majeure into winter.
All 12 insights in today's brief
Market snapshot
7,818.93 +0.58%Nasdaq Composite
27,599.79 +0.45%DAX
25,449.19 +0.77%Euro Stoxx 50
6,272.23 +0.48%US 10-year Treasury yield
5.31% +3 bpUS dollar index (DXY)
101.83 -0.33%Gold
4,187.10 +0.73%Brent crude oil
100.58 +0.26%Natural gas (Henry Hub)
3.1140 +1.57%Bitcoin
85,557.56 -0.27%Ether
2,697.52 -0.50%BIST 100
12,374.30 -0.56%
October's seasonal windows
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