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Today's Top Business / Market Headlines - Friday, September 18, 2026:

1. World Markets Hit New Record Highs After Fed Cut

•World equity markets rose to a fresh new peak on Thursday while the U.S. dollar gained against major peers buoyed by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut

•On Wall Street, all three indexes were trading higher with the Nasdaq gaining more than 1%

•The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.45% to 46,227.50, the S&P 500 rose 0.71% to 6,647.52 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.07% to 22,499.15

•The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.81%, MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 0.40% to 980.25, topping the previous session's record

2. Fed Delivers 25 Basis Point Cut - Signals More Easing Ahead

•The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday and its closely watched "dot plot" had pointed to two more rate cuts over its remaining two meetings this year

•The Federal Reserve approved the first rate cut in nine months, with officials judging that recent labor-market softness outweighed recent setbacks on inflation

3. Russell 2000 Leads Record-Setting Rally - "Sell the News" Fails

•The U.S. equity markets are now closed. The Russell 2000 (+2.41%) had an absolute power rally today, leaving every other major average in the dust on renewed excitement around rate cuts

•So much for "sell the news," as analysts had once said. All four indexes set new record closes

4. Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel - Chips Surge

•Intel jumped more than 25% after Nvidia said it would invest $5 billion in the struggling U.S. chipmaker. Nvidia's shares were up 2.6% on the session

•Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel and co-design chips, making the company one of the largest shareholders, with a ~4% stake

5. Bank of England Holds Rates - Treasury Yields Rise

•The BoE voted 7-2 to keep rates unchanged at 4%

•The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose 5.1 basis points to 4.128%

6. Earnings & Economic Data in Focus

•FedEx (+5.5% in after hours) delivered EPS of $3.83 (vs. $3.61 expected). Revenue was $22.2 billion (vs. $21.65 billion), +4% year-over-year

•Initial Jobless Claims (Wk of Sept. 13): 231K [Prev: 264K] [Exp: 240K]

•Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index: 23.2 [Prev: -0.3] [Exp: 2.3] shows sharp rebound

7. Investor Sentiment Shift

•Global fund managers are more worried about a "disorderly rise" in bond yields than a bubble for AI, says Bank of America's latest survey

•The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007 and yields on 10-year German and Japanese government bonds were at multiyear highs

Citations (3)

1lse.co.ukNot yet classified
World shares hit new record highs, dollar gains buoyed by Fed rate cut | Financial News
Backs: “Today's Top Business / Market Headlines - Friday, September 18, 2026: 1. World Markets Hit New Record Highs After Fed Cut. World equity markets rose to a fresh new peak on Thursday while the U.S. dollar gained against major peers buoyed by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut”
2thestreet.comNews and mediaquality 0.82
Stock Market Today: Forget "Sell the News." Welcome Back, 4% - TheStreet
Backs: “Russell 2000 Leads Record-Setting Rally - "Sell the News" Fails. The U.S. equity markets are now closed. The Russell 2000 (+2.41%) had an absolute power rally today, leaving every other major average in the dust on renewed excitement around rate cuts”
3morningstar.comData and tools
Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 11 AM ET: An AI bubble is no longer Wall Street's biggest fear. This stock-market risk just took its place. | Global ...
Backs: “Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index: 23.2 [Prev: -0.3] [Exp: 2.3] shows sharp rebound. 7. Investor Sentiment Shift. Global fund managers are more worried about a "disorderly rise" in bond yields than a bubble for AI, says Bank of America's latest survey”