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Today's Top Business / Market Headlines — Monday, September 22, 2026

US Markets - Wall Street

•Wall Street stocks edged higher on Wednesday, bouncing back after the prior session's losses amid bullish investment sentiment in spite of the US government shutdown.

•Market snapshot - At 11:18 AM EDT, the S&P 500 rose 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.7% higher. Earlier at 09:59 AM ET, the Dow fell 83.84 points to 46,520.96, S&P 500 gained 12 points to 6,726.49 and Nasdaq rose 118.50 points to 22,906.87.

•Federal Reserve in focus - Amidst delays over key economic reports, investors are likely to lean heavily on remarks from Federal Reserve officials for fresh clues on the interest rate trajectory. Minutes from the Fed's September meeting are also due at 2 PM ET.

•Bonds - Yield on the 10-year Treasury eased to 4.11% from 4.14% late on Tuesday.

•Gainers / Losers:

•Dell climbed 9% after multiple brokerages raised their price target on the stock.

•Stocks of Nvidia and Micron Technology gained 1.6% and 4.5%, respectively.

•Shares of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan fell 1.6% and 1.2%, respectively.

•Moderna stock jumped 3%.

•Underlying narrative widely reported today: Markets Climb Blindly Amid Shutdown Chaos — signaling deep anxiety beneath the surface optimism. S&P 500 ended a 7-day rally, dropping 0.4% in prior session as caution built.

Commodities - Historic Gold Rally

•Gold has surpassed the $4000 per troy ounce historic level in today's early trading hours and its year-to-date gain exceeded 50%.

•Gold prices hit $4,000 per ounce Tuesday for the very first time, driven by strong investment demand amid broader geopolitical and economic uncertainty, along with expectations of further interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

•Details - Spot gold was up 1.5% at $4,041.71 per ounce by 10:09 AM ET. US gold futures for December delivery gained 1.5% to $4,063.70. Silver also gained 2.3% to $48.92 per ounce.

•Gold surges past $4,000 for the first time in history, signaling deep anxiety beneath the surface optimism.

India Markets & Business — Hindu BusinessLine Morning Report, Sept 22

•Market snapshot: SENSEX 74,858.99 + 564.03; NIFTY 23,414.30 + 67.90.

1.NSE IPO analysis: NSE's ₹22,562-crore IPO, India's second-largest public issue, will remain open for subscription until September 21. The offer is priced at ₹1,700 to ₹1,785 per share and is entirely an offer for sale. At upper band NSE valued at about ₹4.4 lakh crore, but analysts caution valuation is relatively expensive.

2.Indian Oil pipeline: Indian Oil Corporation's board has approved an investment of ₹2,449 crore for the Kochi-Kanyakumari-Thoothukudi Natural Gas Pipeline project. The 424.65-kilometre pipeline will connect the Kochi LNG terminal with Thoothukudi and have capacity of 6.84 million metric standard cubic metres per day.

3.India-New Zealand FTA: India and New Zealand's Free Trade Agreement will come into force on October 20, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced. Under the pact, 100% of India's exports will receive duty-free access to New Zealand.

4.Coal supply crunch: Nearly 40 per cent of India's coal-fired power plants are operating with critically low fuel stocks as electricity demand remains high amid hotter-than-usual weather. Number of plants with less than three days of coal supply rose to 74 by September 19.

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