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LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of August 10, 2026. Global stocks delivered a mixed but generally constructive week as easing U.S. inflation pressures reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will remain patient on interest rate changes, supporting investor risk appetite.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of August 3, 2026. Stocks advanced to start August as strong earnings, mostly resilient economic data, and easing concerns around imminent rate hikes bolstered sentiment.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 27, 2026. Global markets ended the month of July navigating mixed corporate earnings, artificial intelligence (AI) scrutiny, and the latest Federal Reserve (Fed) decision. U.S. equities advanced on mostly well-received AI-related earnings and a likely mechanical bounce in chipmakers, while European stocks posted modest gains and Asian markets recovered from midweek volatility.

LPL Research analyzes China’s declining crude imports, inflation risks, and the resilient U.S. economy driving above-trend growth.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 13, 2026. Markets faced a mixed backdrop this week as investors balanced escalating geopolitical tensions, artificial intelligence worries, cooling inflation data, and the early innings of earnings season.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 6, 2026. Markets showed some resilience over the last five days, with U.S. equities advancing despite geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. A bounce in the momentum trade and big tech stocks supported gains, while investors largely looked past renewed U.S.-Iran tensions even as talks continued.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 29, 2026. As market watchers prepared for America’s 250th birthday celebration, global equity markets delivered a strong finish to the second quarter. The S&P 500 printed its best quarterly return since 2020 amid high profile economic data and rotation dynamics, while also posting a moderate gain over the holiday-shortened week.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 22, 2026. The last full week of the first half was marked by a push-and-pull between AI-driven optimism and concerns of stretched positioning, leaving global equities broadly lower. In the U.S., simultaneous quarter-end rebalancing and mixed mega-cap news also weighed on sentiment, though broader market strength helped put a floor under index-level losses.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 15, 2026. U.S. stocks printed modest gains over the holiday-shortened week with easing geopolitical tensions and central bank signals driving sentiment. Equities were supported by progress toward a U.S.–Iran agreement that lowered oil prices and boosted risk appetite, though gains were tempered midweek by hawkish Federal Reserve takeaways.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 8, 2026. U.S. equities rebounded modestly from last week’s late-week slide, navigating volatile trading continually shaped by the artificial intelligence (AI) theme and ongoing geopolitical developments. Globally, European stocks advanced on easing energy prices amid a key central bank decision, while Asian markets ended broadly lower.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 25, 2026. U.S. stocks extended their recent momentum during the holiday‑shortened week with the S&P 500 notching fresh record highs and a ninth consecutive weekly gain. Investor sentiment remained anchored in optimism around the artificial intelligence (AI) theme and a potential truce between the U.S. and Iran, while falling oil prices and weaker bond yields were also supportive.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 25, 2026. U.S. stocks extended their recent momentum during the holiday‑shortened week with the S&P 500 notching fresh record highs and a ninth consecutive weekly gain. Investor sentiment remained anchored in optimism around the artificial intelligence (AI) theme and a potential truce between the U.S. and Iran, while falling oil prices and weaker bond yields were also supportive.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 18, 2026. Global equity markets finished the week higher after rebounding from early declines, supported by easing geopolitical tensions, lower interest rates, and another solid round of corporate earnings.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 11, 2026. U.S. equities held up well this week, with the S&P 500 posting a modest weekly gain and hitting a record high on Thursday, supported by AI-driven enthusiasm despite higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 4, 2026. U.S. equities advanced despite ongoing geopolitical volatility, as investors increasingly focused on strong corporate earnings, resilient economic data, and optimism for easing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Cooling oil prices and falling Treasury yields supported sentiment, while fresh tech earnings reinforced risk appetite.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 20, 2026. Markets experienced another volatile week amid busy Mideast headlines, rising oil prices, and a busy earnings calendar. U.S. equities managed to push to record highs late in the week, supported by artificial intelligence enthusiasm and broadly strong first-quarter earnings, while ceasefire hopes offset ongoing tensions around the Strait of Hormuz that pressured sentiment.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 13, 2026. Markets posted a strong weekly advance as easing geopolitical tensions, solid earnings reports, and better-than-expected inflation signals fueled a risk-on tone. U.S. equities notched record highs on optimism around Middle East ceasefire developments and abating energy supply concerns, alongside upbeat artificial intelligence (AI) related takeaways.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 6, 2026. Markets rebounded during the first full week of April as easing geopolitical tensions drove a broad risk‑on rally across global assets. U.S. and international equities advanced on optimism surrounding a temporary U.S.–Iran ceasefire and cooling energy prices, while fixed income markets found support amid a mixed, but reassuring slate of Treasury auctions.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 30, 2026. U.S. equities rallied during the holiday-shortened week, snapping a multi-week losing streak as easing Treasury yields, quarter end rebalancing, and hopes for a de-escalation in the U.S.–Iran conflict supported risk assets, with the Nasdaq outperforming on strength in large cap technology.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 23, 2026. U.S. and global equity markets finished the week mostly lower as geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East continued to drive volatility across regions and asset classes. Equities were whipsawed by shifting hopes for de‑escalation, choppy energy prices, and renewed pressure on large‑cap technology stocks, while Treasury yields moved higher amid weak auction demand and elevated inflation expe