🚀 Morning Update (30.01.2025) 📈 U.S. Index Futures: Trading higher, though Microsoft's shares dropped over 4% after hours despite solid quarterly results. Investors weren't pleased with slower growth in Azure cloud services. 📉 Meta Platforms: Revenue and profit beat expectations, but Reality Labs reported larger-than-expected losses. Growth is limited to 2%, and the company reaffirmed a hefty CAPEX of $60-$65 billion for 2025. 🚗 Tesla: Shares gained 4% after hours despite potentially underwhelming results. 📊 IBM: Leading the charge with a 9% stock surge after an unexpectedly strong earnings report. 🔹 US Indices: US100: +0.3% US500: Slightly positive US30: Slightly positive 🌏 Global Markets: Limited volatility on Asian exchanges European index contracts are trending up 📢 Key Event: Today, the ECB announces its rate decision, with a 25 basis point cut expected. Investors will also be tuning in to Christine Lagarde’s press conference. 💶 Eurodollar: Trading slightly lower but remains above 1.041. 📉 US Bond Yields: The 10-year yield fell 3 basis points to 4.52% despite hawkish remarks from Jerome Powell. Powell acknowledged economic strength and reaffirmed that rate cuts won’t happen until further progress on inflation. 🌾 Commodities: Brent & WTI Crude: -0.5% Natural Gas: +0.5% Gold: +0.1% to $2,761/oz Silver: +0.3% Platinum: +0.8% 📊 Macro Focus: Today's spotlight is on U.S. jobless claims and GDP reports from the Eurozone and the United States. 🕒 Earnings Highlights: Before US session: Caterpillar (CAT), Mastercard, UPS After session: Apple, Visa, Intel 📡 Stay tuned for more updates throughout the day!