Wall St had a mixed session with tech stocks continuing to fall, although chip maker Micron shot the lights out with a strong post close release of quarterly results.Oil, gold and Bitcoin all fell overnight, but futures trading is pointing to the ASX making a marginal gain on opening.Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog.Disclaimer: this blog is not intended as investment advice.PinnedThu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:12amThu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:12amMarket snapshotBy Stephen LettsASX 200 futures: +0.2% to 8,810 pointsASX 200 (Wednesday): +0.2% to 8,808 pointsAustralian dollar: -0.2% to 69.00 US centsWall Street: S&P 500 -0.1% Dow +0.4% Nasdaq -0.4$Europe: Dax -0.6%, FTSE +0.3%, Eurostoxx -0.3%Spot gold: -2.7% to $US3,997/ounceOil: Brent futures -5.1% to $US73.17/barrel, WTI futures -4.6% to $US69.85/barrelIron ore (Wednesday): +1.3% to $US98.65/tonneCopper (LME): -2.0% to $US13,375/tonneBitcoin: -2.4% at $US60,864Prices current at around 7:00am AESTCollapse all postsFilter PostsAll3Key Events1Market snapshot1Commodities1Key EventThu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:45amThu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:45amASX set to rise ahead of jobs data, Wall St mixed as oil and gold fallBy Stephen LettsIt was a fairly busy night where sellers across an array of markets outnumbered the buyers.Equities in the US and Europe were generally lower, although the blue-chip Dow advanced and the chip maker Micron leapt 10% in extended trading after releasing strong quarterly earnings.S&P 500: -0.1% to 7,358 points Dow: +0.4% to 51,849 points Nasdaq: -0.4 to 25,477 points Eurostoxx: 50 -0.3% to 663 pointsDespite Micron's post-session good news, concerns around debt-backed spending by hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon are evident, and mounting fears of a more hawkish Federal Reserve have fuelled the market downturn this week that has erased more than $US1 trillion in market value from the Nasdaq 100.ASX 200 futures bounced around, but three hours before opening were up 0.2%.ASX 200 futures (Trading View, ASX)Oil prices fell to their lowest point since the start of the Iran war as more tankers were expected to move out of the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude futures: -5.2% to $US73.11/barrelWTI crude futures: -4.6% to $US69.81/barrelGlobal bond yields rose after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant gave a speech in New York that was interpreted as giving the freshly minted Fed chair Kevin Warsh a green light to act independently of the White House's wishes for lower interest rates.That saw the US dollar extend its gains and put more downward pressure on the Aussie dollar, which is now sitting at around 69 US cents.Gold fell below $US4,000 an ounce to a seven-month low.Bitcoin briefly fell below $US60,000 and is now down around 20% this month alone.Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:02amThu 25 Jun 2026 at 7:02amGood morningBy Stephen LettsGood morning and welcome to another day on the ABC markets and finance blog.Stephen Letts from the ABC business team limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage of the day's events, where every post is hopefully a winner, but none should be construed as financial advice.Wall Street was a mixed bag overnight with the blue-chip Dow up 0.4% and the benchmark S&P 500 closing marginally lower.The Nasdaq closed 0.4% lower, but that was before Micron released its strong quarterly results. The chip maker jumped around 10% in post-session trading.The upshot is that at around 7:00am AEST, ASX 200 futures were up 0.2% having bounced around all night.Coming up later this morning, we have the May Labour Force data with the consensus being that employment should pick up after a surprising contraction in April, and unemployment may edge down a notch to 4.4%As always, the game's afoot, so let's get blogging.