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Wall Street's Best Quarter in Six Years Will Be a Hard Act to Follow

The Dow industrials closed June at a record high. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite rose 15% and 21%, respectively, in the second quarter.

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Trump Briefed on All-Out War Options in Iran but Opts to Stick With Talks

The president has told aides that he is fine if negotiations with Tehran blow past an Aug. 18 deadline for a nuclear deal, officials said.

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Warsh Wants the Fed to Talk Less. That Only Gets Wall Street to Listen Harder.

Investors are trying to get a read on the new chairman even as he seeks to limit communication so markets can respond independently to economic data.

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South Korea's Exports Post Biggest Surge Since 1978

Exports were powered by the unabated demand for advanced chips to fuel the global artificial-intelligence boom, resulting in their largest increase in nearly five decades.

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Iran's Diverging Priorities Are Jeopardizing U.S. Peace Talks

Moderates are eager to free up billions of dollars held in Qatar, but hard-liners in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are focused on controlling the Strait of Hormuz.

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Japanese Yen Falls to 40-Year Low, Pleasing Tourists but Worrying Tokyo

The latest slide has put foreign-exchange traders on high alert for a fresh round of yen buying by Japanese authorities.

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Climbed in June, Conference Board Says

The research group said its consumer confidence index rose to 91.2 in June from a downwardly revised 90.6 in May. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected a higher reading of 94.2.

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U.S. Job Openings and Hires Remained Stable in May

Available positions held steady at 7.6 million, and the hiring rate remained at 3.3% with about 5.2 million Americans landing new jobs.

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USDA Plans to Pay Smaller Meatpackers to Keep Slaughtering Cattle

The Agriculture Department aims to offer up to $500 million in payments as meat processors navigate a livestock shortage.

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Chicago Business Activity Cooled in June

The Chicago Business Barometer, compiled by MNI Indicators, slipped to 56.7 from 62.7 in May, but still beat expectations.

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U.S. Home Price Growth Edged Up in April

The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 0.8% in the 12 months through April, but affordability pressures still weighed on home buyer decisions.

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Canada's Economy Ticks Along After GDP Grows 0.5% in April

Canada's economy emerged from a rough winter on firmer footing, springing back to growth with a slight rise in activity last month on the heels of the strongest growth in nine months in April.

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EU to Limit Tariff-Free Steel Imports, Hike Duties When They Apply

The European Union will limit the amount of tariff-free steel its member states can import from Wednesday, as part of efforts to protect the bloc's steel industry from overcapacity.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 30, 2026 21:15 ET (01:15 GMT)