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Russian forces launched strikes on Kyiv from multiple directions in broad daylight, hitting markets, gas stations, a hospital, offices, kindergartens and residential buildings, according to a widely shared report. The attacks are described as retaliation for Russia's inability to advance on the front line, with civilian casualties feared in several districts.

A Russian attack hit a public market near Kyiv, killing civilians and leaving nearly ten people injured, according to reports shared widely on social media. Commentators are condemning the strike as another war crime against Ukrainian civilians and calling for increased international attention and pressure on Russia over ongoing attacks on populated areas.

Semiconductor shares including Intel, AMD and Broadcom led a broad technology selloff as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran rattled markets. Investors moved away from riskier tech names, with chipmakers among the hardest hit, and traders are watching for further escalation between Washington and Tehran.

Bond yields are climbing, and equity markets are coming under pressure as a result. Higher yields raise borrowing costs and make bonds more attractive relative to stocks, prompting investors to pull back from shares. Commentators are watching whether the yield rise continues and how much further stock markets could fall if pressure on valuations persists.

Stock market futures fell after comments from Donald Trump, with Dow Jones futures pointing to losses. Shares tied to Elon Musk, including Tesla, declined alongside SpaceX-related assets, driving a broader sell-off. Investors are weighing Trump's statements and their potential policy implications for markets, with Tesla among the most prominent casualties of the day's pullback.

US stocks declined as investors weighed geopolitical uncertainty — described as a 'fog of war' — against lingering concerns over elevated valuations in artificial intelligence-related shares. The Kiplinger daily market report noted that both war worries and doubts about the AI rally pressured equities, leaving traders cautious and prompting broad selling across major indexes in today's session.

Shein's shares fell 14% to a record low after the fast-fashion retailer reported sliding profits. The drop underlines mounting pressure on the company as it prepares for a possible public listing, with investors worried about weakening margins, growing competition from rivals like Temu, and regulatory scrutiny in key Western markets.

Shein's shares fell 6% after the fast-fashion company reported a 67% drop in quarterly profit, adding pressure on the retailer as it prepares for a potential public listing. The sharp decline highlights mounting challenges for the low-cost fashion giant, including rising costs and intensifying competition in global fast-fashion markets.

US Treasury yields and German Bund yields are rising as Middle East tensions escalate, sending oil prices higher. Stock futures fell and technology shares came under pressure, with Wall Street stumbling as investors weighed the surge in oil against climbing borrowing costs. Traders are shifting toward safer assets amid fears the conflict could disrupt energy supplies and keep inflation elevated.

Stock markets in Asia are broadly lower, with Hong Kong posting a sharp decline ahead of the release of closely watched US employment figures. Japanese shares are also retreating as inflation there picks up, adding to pressure on investors. Swedish financial media are tracking the selloff closely as markets brace for volatility around the jobs report.

Indian stock markets saw a sharp fall, with Zee Business market editor Anil Singhvi offering a strategy for investors on what caused the heavy decline and how to respond. The crash reason coverage is drawing strong engagement from retail investors looking for explanations and guidance amid the downturn.

India's stock market has fallen sharply again, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed the slide in a press conference that has drawn wide attention online. The remarks, published by the Indian National Congress, come amid renewed concern among investors about the continuing downturn in Indian equities and debate over the government's economic handling.

SpaceX stock, trading under the ticker SPCX, fell from $225 to $206, drawing attention after a former Nasdaq chief warned the shares are not moving on fundamentals. The comments have fueled debate about whether the stock's valuation reflects the company's actual business performance or is being driven by speculation, keeping SpaceX's market performance in the spotlight.

The Wall Street Journal reports that shares of major cruise operators are under pressure, with cruise stocks facing a rough patch in the market. The piece examines what is weighing on the sector, from shifting consumer spending concerns to broader market volatility. Investors in companies like Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian are watching closely as the industry's recent recovery momentum shows signs of strain.

Robinhood is reportedly suffering technical problems and trading disruptions as user demand surges around the anticipated SpaceX IPO. Traders using the platform have reported issues executing trades, with the HOOD stock trending in market discussions as investors point to the overload of interest in SpaceX shares as a likely cause of the outages.

Shein's quarterly profit fell 67%, sending shares down 4%. The sharp earnings decline for the fast-fashion retailer is drawing attention as investors and industry watchers weigh what it signals about the company's business ahead of its long-mooted stock market listing.

Global bond markets have slumped to a monthly loss, and the weakness is spilling into equities, with stocks wobbling as investors reassess interest rate expectations. Commentators are watching whether rising yields will keep pressuring share prices or whether the selloff in bonds has run its course heading into the new month.

A widely shared social media post argues that large language models are being used everywhere to do tasks outside people's actual competence — designers use them to code, coders to design, marketers for both, and nearly everyone for writing. The author points out the irony that the same professionals then get angry when outsiders, aided by AI, encroach on their own fields.

Attention is on Italian government bonds (titoli di stato) as European markets come under strain. Spreads against German Bunds are widening, reflecting renewed tension in the eurozone debt market, while on Wall Street technology shares continue to climb. Investors are watching whether the divergence between US tech strength and European bond pressure will persist.

SpaceX's stock is falling following the latest Starship flight, which had been expected to be a celebratory moment for the company. Instead of a rally, shares slipped after the launch, drawing attention to the gap between the company's technical achievements and its financial performance. Observers are weighing investor expectations around Starship against the realities of SpaceX's valuation and commercial prospects.

Shares of Chinese semiconductor firms declined after signals that Nvidia could regain approval to sell chips in China. SMIC fell 3.7%, Moore Threads dropped 6.3% and Cambricon lost 5.7%, as renewed Nvidia competition weighs on domestic alternatives. Separately, ByteDance is reported to be considering ordering around one million Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation cards for multi-card server setups, though that GPU lacks the high-bandwidth memory needed for large-scale AI training.