Nasdaq 100 Notches Record Daily Close, Boosted By Mega-Cap Giants, Fed Rate Cut Optimism
Nasdaq 100 Notches Record Daily Close, Boosted By Mega-Cap Giants, Fed Rate Cut Optimism
The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index closed Tuesday's session at 20,011 points, rallying 1% and marking the highest daily closing price ever recorded,
科技股爲主的納斯達克100指數週二收於2萬零11點，上漲1%，創下歷史最高收盤價。
Shares of Microsoft Corp. (NYSE:MSFT), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) – together comprising 20% of the tech index's total weight – all reached fresh all-time highs during Tuesday's trading session.
微軟公司（紐交所：MSFT）、蘋果公司（納斯達克：AAPL）和亞馬遜公司（納斯達克：AMZN）的股票在週二的交易中均創下歷史新高，這三家公司的市值佔科技股指數總權重的20%。
Investors showed strong confidence in mega-cap tech giants, with nine out of the 10 largest stocks within the Nasdaq 100 closing in positive territory. The sole exception was Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA), which fell by 1.4%.
投資者對超大型科技巨頭的信心十分堅定，納斯達克100指數中排名前十的股票中有九隻收盤價爲正。唯一的一隻例外是英偉達公司（納斯達克：NVDA），下跌了1.4%。
Fed Chair Powell Bolster Rate Cut Hopes
鮑威爾主席增強降息希望
At an ECB monetary policy panel on Tuesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that the disinflation trend has resumed and the labor market is showing signs of "appropriate cooling."
在週二的歐洲中央銀行貨幣政策委員會上，聯儲局主席鮑威爾表示，通縮趨勢已經恢復，勞動力市場正在出現“適當的降溫”跡象。
This has bolstered investor confidence that the Federal Reserve will soon initiate a rate-cutting cycle, with expectations for the first cut in September and another in December.
這增強了投資者的信心，認爲聯儲局很快將啓動降息週期，市場預期首次降息將在9月份，然後是12月份。
Thus, two rate cuts are fully anticipated by year-end, with market participants projecting an additional 84 basis points of cuts, amounting to three to four cuts in 2025.
因此，市場預期今年末將有兩次降息，預計將再次降低84個點子，相當於2025年實施三到四次降息。
Traders now anxiously await key labor market data, including the private ADP Employment Report slated for Wednesday.
交易員現在急切地等待關鍵的勞動力市場數據，包括定於週三發佈的私人ADP就業報告。
Nasdaq 100's Remarkable Rally
納斯達克100指數的驚人上漲
The Nasdaq 100 Index, tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), is poised for its ninth week of gains out of the last 11.
以納斯達克100指數爲跟蹤標的的納指100ETF-Invesco QQQ信託基金連續第9周獲得收益，總計11週中有9周獲得收益。
Since hitting lows in October 2022, the index has rallied over 90%, as illustrated in the chart below from the Benzinga Pro Platform.
自2022年10月觸底以來，該指數已經上漲了超過90％。下圖來自Benzinga Pro平台。
Nasdaq 100's Top 5 Gainers On July 2, 2024
納斯達克100指數7月2日表現最好的5家公司
| Security Name | Return |
| Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) | 10.17% |
| ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) | 5.44 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) | 4.22 |
| Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARM) | 2.94 |
| Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) | 2.57 |
| 證券名稱 | 歸還 |
| 特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA） | 10.17% |
| 安森美半導體公司（納斯達克：ON） | 5.44 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (納斯達克股票代碼：AMD) | 4.22 |
| Arm控股（納斯達克：ARM） | 2.94 |
| 特許通訊公司（納斯達克：CHTR） | 2.57 |
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