ASX 200 to fall ahead of May inflation data, S&P 500 and Nasdaq snap 3-day decline
Get up to date on overnight market activity and the big events for the day.
ASX 200 futures are trading 29 points lower, down 0.37% as of 8:30 am AEST.

S&P 500 SESSION CHART

OVERNIGHT MARKETS
- Major US benchmarks finished mixed and a complete opposite of yesterday’s session
- S&P 500 and Nasdaq snapped a three-day losing streak, while the Equal-Weight S&P 500 underperformed the official index by more than 100 bps
- Value and cyclicals led to the downside, notably Real Estate, Materials and Utilities
- Nvidia (+6.7%) bounced after falling as much as 16% from its highs last Thursday, erasing almost US$450bn in market cap
- Relatively uneventful session in terms of catalysts, the overnight strength being driven more by technical factors than by fundamental ones
- Yen might fall to 38-year low as intervention warnings fail to resonate (Bloomberg)
- JPMorgan strategists say bond market liquidity continues to improve (Bloomberg)
STOCKS
- Rivian shares surge 30% after hours following US$5bn investment from Volkswagen to develop next gen EVs (Forbes)
- FedEx surges after-hours as 2025 outlook beats estimates on cost cuts (Yahoo)
- Google developing challenger to Meta's chatbots (The Information)
- Banks discreetly dump CRE loans amid worries about further losses (NY Times)
- Nike bets on China comeback with $1,000 Jordan high top sneakers (Bloomberg)
- Novo Nordisk to spend US$4.1bn to boost US manufacturing (Reuters)
- Carnival raises full-year outlook amid strong demand (Bloomberg)
- Walmart CFO says Q2 will be the most challenging quarter from a comp perspective (Transcript)
CENTRAL BANKS
- BOJ opens door for double hawkish surprise with bigger QT and rate hike (Reuters)
- ECB's Schnabel downplays likelihood of ECB-Fed policy divergence (Bloomberg)
GEOPOLITICS
- Trump plans to halt US military aid to Kyiv unless it talks peace with Moscow (Reuters)
- US warned Hezbollah that it can't hold Israel back if escalation continues (Axios)
- Washington probes China Telecom and China Mobile over internet risks (Reuters)
- France's Macron warns of civil war risk in snap elections as Le Pen advances in polls (Bloomberg)
ECONOMY
- Canada inflation unexpectedly jumps to 2.9% in May from 2.7% expected and above 2.6% consensus, market trims July rate cut bets (Reuters)
- Global supply chains under pressure as Houthis step up strikes on vessels (NY Times)

ASX TODAY
- ASX 200 to fall following a weak overnight lead for ex-growth sectors and continued weakness across key commodities including copper and gold
- Aristocrat Leisure issues investor day presentation, targets at least $1bn in FY29 revenue from Interactive business, representing five-year CAGR of more than 20% (ALL)
- Qualitas secures first commitment from North American-based global institutional investor, with $550m to be invested in CRE private credit (QAL)
- Renesas receives Australia's FIRB approval for acquisition of Altium (ALU)
- Star Entertainment appoints Steve McCann as Chief Executive, McCann was formerly the CEO of Crown Resorts and prior to that served as Lendlease CEO (SGR)
- Virgin Australia seeking to go public by Christmas (The Aus)
BROKER MOVES
- Bellevue Gold initiated Buy with $2.20 target (Goldman Sachs)
- Healius downgraded to Underperform from Neutral; target cut to $1.30 from $1.50 (BofA)
- Monadelphous Group initiated Hold with $14.40 target (Morgans)
- ResMed downgraded to Perform from Outperform (Oppenheimer)
- Spark New Zealand upgraded to Overweight from Neutral; target cut to NZ$4.67 from NZ$5.03 (Jarden)
- Super Retail Group upgraded to Buy from Neutral; target up to $15 from $13 (UBS)
KEY EVENTS
Companies trading ex-dividend:
- Wed 26 June: Fisher & Paykel (FPH) – $0.218, Duxton Farms (DBF) – $0.10
- Thu 27 June – REITs: HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT (HCW) – $0.002, Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) – $0.04, Centuria Office REIT (COF) – $0.03, Homeco Daily Needs REIT (HDN) – $0.021, Arena REIT (ARF) – $0.043, Charter Hall Long Wale REIT (CLW) – $0.065, Garda Property Group (GDF) – $0.016, Hotel Property Investments (HPI) – $0.095, Charter Hall (CHC) – $0.23, Charter Hall Social Infrastructure REIT (CQE) – $0.04, Waypoint REIT (WPR) – $0.041, GDI Property Group (GDI) – $0.025, National Storage (NSR) – $0.055, Goodman Group (GMG) – $0.15, Stockland (SGP) – $0.166, Growthpoint Properties (GOZ) – $0.097, Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (DXC) – $0.053, Dexus Industria REIT (DXI) – $0.041, Dexus (DXS) – $0.213
- Thu 27 June – Everything else: Rural Funds Group (RFF) – $0.029, Virgin Money (VUK) – $0.039, Mirvac Group (MGR) – $0.06, Region Group (RGN) – $0.07
- Fri 28 June: Abacus Group (ABG) – $0.043, Ophir High Conviction Fund (OPH) – $0.06, Danakali (DNK) – $0.009, Abacus Storage King (ASK) – $0.03
Other ASX corporate actions today:
- Dividends paid: Elders (ELD) – $0.18
- Listing: Piche Resources at 12:00 pm
- Earnings:None
- AGMs: None
Economic calendar (AEST):
- 11:30 am: Australia Monthly CPI (May)
This Morning Wrap was written by Kerry Sun.
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