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The September FOMC Minutes are just out, and they're just what you'd like to see if you're betting on lower rates and higher stock valuations.

The minutes showed that \\"most\\" Fed Governors favored further policy easing through the remainder of the year, even though there was greater support for \\"no cut\\" than a super-sized half-a-percentage point cut.

Still, the signals of further easing are likely to be welcome by some investors, even as stocks continue to trade off their intraday highs this afternoon.

Disregard our earlier worries, the market is humming along. The S&P 500 (+0.53%) just hit an intraday high, while the Russell 2000 (+1.03%), Nasdaq (+0.81%), and Dow (+0.35%) also are on the rise.

Looking at firms with a $2 billion market cap and above, here are today's Midday Movers:

Biotechnology is sitting high and mighty, six of the 20 top-performers today, led by Intellia Therapeutics  (NTLA)  (26.5%), Recursion Pharmaceuticals  (RXRX)  (+18%), Apogee Therapeutics APGE (+15.6%).

At the bottom of the market, Nano Nuclear Energy  (NNE)  (-12.7%), Joby Aviation JOBY (-10.1%), and Mercurity Fintech Holding MFH (-9.2%).

The U.S. markets are now open, holding onto gains from early morning futures. The Nasdaq (+0.26%), Dow (+0.25%), and S&P 500 (+0.20%) all started the morning in the green.

However, if the dipping Russell 2000 is any indication, our 'green start' might soon turn red again.

The Continuous Gold Contract (+1.56%) soldiered higher to $4,066.90, just hours after Spot Gold surpassed the $4K mark (more on that below.)

At the same, the 10Y Treasury fell 2.1 basis points to 4.106%. The 20Y and 30Y, down 2.8 bips and 2.7 bips to 4.661% and 4.699% respectively.

Overnight, Spot Gold prices rose 4.5% and hit 4,000/oz for the first time, a huge milestone for bullion.

Doubling in two years' time, the safe have has lived up to its name, rising in the face of global inflation jitters and waning confidence in the Dollar. The government shutdown might just be the $4,000 cherry on top, escalating worries about a changing global order.

We covered when futures broke $4K and analysts' increased interest in a catch-up trade in the metals market. Silver in particular captured the attention of analysts at BofA; Spot Silver is up 2.5% in the last 24 hours and has been seen just shy of $50. We'll touch on this a bit later.

Separately, Spot Platinum (+2.76%) and Spot Palladium (+5.39%) have all followed gold higher in the last 24 hours.

Good morning. After snapping a days-long winning streak, U.S. equities are up this morning. Their declines yesterday came amid fear, uncertainty, and doubt around the AI trade and bad news for auto brands, which weighed on the consumer durable field.

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Yesterday's disappointments aside, today could be the last day we know some peace and quiet in the market for awhile, with the third quarter earnings season kicking off tomorrow. This afternoon, the FOMC Minutes are out at 2:00 p.m. ET, making it

In short, here are today's highlights:

With the government still shut, we won't be getting a lot of data today... again.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has already dropped its biggest report, showing a 4.7% year-over-year decline in mortgage applications in the week of Oct. 3. The 30-year mortgage rate fell week-over-week to 6.43%.

Aside from what's in hand, we'll have commentary from a few Fed Governors, some updates from the Energy Information Administration, and supposedly, the FOMC Minutes. at 2:00 p.m. ET.

The earnings season detente will finally wrap tomorrow, as the first earnings of the third quarter finally kick off.

However, not before we get results from today's singular report: industrial firm AZZ Inc AZZ, which will report this morning.

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