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# Global Market Snapshot – May 2, 2025

## Major Index Performance

| Index | Price | Change | % Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S&P 500 | 5,604.14 | +35.08 | +0.63% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 40,752.96 | +83.60 | +0.21% |
| NASDAQ Composite | 17,710.74 | +264.40 | +1.52% |
| FTSE 100 | 8,556.18 | +59.38 | +0.70% |
| DAX | 22,847.66 | +350.68 | +1.56% |
| CAC 40 | 7,702.57 | +108.70 | +1.43% |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,504.68 | +385.27 | +1.74% |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 8,238.00 | +92.40 | +1.13% |
| Shanghai Composite (Apr 30) | 3,279.03 | -0.23% | No update on May 2 |

## Market Overview

U.S. markets extended gains, with all three major indexes closing higher. The rally was led by tech stocks:

- **Dow Jones:** ▲ +300.03 (+0.75%)
- **S&P 500:** ▲ +32.08 (+0.58%)
- **Nasdaq:** ▲ +95.18 (+0.55%)

### Tech Stocks

- **Tesla**, **Netflix:** ▲ over 2%
- **Apple:** ▲ over 1%
- **Microsoft**, **NVIDIA**, **Meta:** ▲ slight gains
- **Google**, **Amazon:** ▼ marginal declines

### Chinese ADRs (Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index)

▼ -0.3% overall.

- **Xpeng Motors:** ▼ over 6%
- **Shell**, **NIO**, **Baidu:** ▼ over 1%
- **New Oriental:** ▲ over 4%
- **Futu Holdings**, **Bilibili**, **Overlord Tea Princess:** ▲ over 2%
- **Ctrip**, **JD.com**, **Vipshop**, **Tencent Music:** ▲ modest gains

## European Markets

- **FTSE 100:** ▲ +46.12 (+0.55%) to 8,463.46
- **DAX:** ▲ +154.16 (+0.69%) to 22,425.83
- **CAC 40:** ▼ -17.89 (–0.24%) to 7,555.87

## Commodities

- **U.S. crude (NYMEX June):** ▼ -$1.63 (–2.63%) to $60.42/barrel
- **Brent crude (ICE June):** ▼ -$1.51 (–2.33%) to $63.28/barrel
- **COMEX Gold (June):** ▼ -$14.10 (–0.42%) to $3,333.60/oz

## Conclusion

Global markets saw widespread gains led by U.S. tech stocks and strong rallies in Europe and Asia. Chinese ADRs showed mixed movement, and commodities pulled back amid supply concerns. 

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