Eastern time on Thursday, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly lower, the Dow was down 0.03%, the Nasdaq was down 0.12%, and the S&P 500 was down 0.13%. Shares of Mexican airport operators tumbled, with Grupo aeroporario del Pacifico SAB, Construction, development and operation of airports in Mexico), airports in Southeast Mexico (Grupo aeroporario del Sureste SAB) and airports in Central North Mexico (Grupo aeroporario del Centro Norte SAB) fell more than 30% at one point, Closed down more than 24%, down more than 18%, down more than 26%. This comes after the Mexican government announced a surprise tax change.
The performance of auto stocks is divided, Vietnam "Tesla" VinFast rose more than 5%, the company's Q3 revenue increased 159% year on year; Rivian tumbled more than 22% after announcing a $1.5 billion convertible bond offering; Wei Xiaoli fell slightly.
The department store sector fell, Kohl's department store fell more than 7%, Macy's Department store, Nordstrom fell more than 3%, Mattel, Dillo Department store fell more than 2%, Amazon, Walmart followed.



Global news


U.S. jobless claims rose to 207,000 last week from 204,000 previously
On October 5, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first time last week was 207,000, versus 210,000 estimates and 204,000 previously.
Us trade deficit $58.3 billion in August Expected deficit of $59.8 billion
The U.S. trade deficit in August was $58.3 billion, compared with an expected deficit of $59.8 billion.
The "Opec +" meeting recommended maintaining the current oil production reduction policy unchanged
According to CCTV news, the "Opec +" joint ministerial monitoring Committee composed of Opec member states and non-OPEC oil-producing countries held a video conference on October 4, and recommended that "Opec +" members maintain the current oil production reduction policy unchanged.
About 75,000 health care workers! The biggest health care strike in American history
On October 4, local time, about 75,000 health care workers of the Kaiser Medical Group union coalition went on strike, covering the group's medical facilities in California, Virginia, Colorado, Oregon, Washington state and Washington, D.C. It became the largest health care strike action in U.S. history.
Barclays said "Only the collapse of the US stock market can save the US debt"! What do Fed officials think?
'Global bond prices are destined to continue to fall unless equity markets continue to underperform and revive the (safe haven) appeal of fixed income assets,' Barclays analysts led by Ajay Rajadhyaksha wrote in a report Wednesday.
Indefinite "high interest era" mountain rain is coming! Long-term Treasury yields surged to their highest since the financial crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its blog post that "US Treasuries are the pricing basis for fixed markets and affect virtually any security in the world." Given this, a sustained and rapid rise in yields could trigger a repricing of risk, resulting in a general tightening of financing conditions and destabilizing emerging markets, disrupting the ongoing economic recovery."
IMF chief: IMF reform should better reflect changes in the global economy
Georgieva said the IMF "needs to constantly change to reflect changes in the world economy." She expressed optimism about achieving the goal of reforming voting rights at the IMF.
Company news

British regulators have called for an antitrust investigation into the cloud computing dominance of Amazon and Microsoft
Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft are the leading providers of cloud infrastructure services in the UK, and Ofcom market research shows that the two companies have characteristics that could limit competition, and if left unchecked, competition in key digital markets in the UK economy could worsen. Following an investigation into the UK cloud services market, Ofcom referred the matter to the UK Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation.
Apple has released an iOS software update to fix an overheating iPhone 15
On October 4, Apple released an iOS 17.0.3 software update that includes a fix for an issue that causes the iPhone 15 series models to overheat. "This update provides important bug fixes and security updates, and addresses an issue that may be causing iphones to run hotter than expected."
McDonald's raised its quarterly cash dividend by 10 percent to $1.67 per share
McDonald's raised its quarterly cash dividend by 10 percent to $1.67 per share from $1.52 per share previously.
Akio Toyoda says Japan's electric cars' not lagging behind 'in technology
"Japan is by no means behind in its technological capabilities," Toyota Motor Corp Chairman Akio Toyoda said on Oct. 5, referring to U.S. and Chinese automakers' leading pure electric vehicles (EVs). In an interview with the media, he said that overseas automakers such as Tesla and BYD have increased their presence in the field of electric vehicles, and Toyota acknowledged that "(Japanese companies) have fallen behind in market share." But he also said that "there are many competitive car manufacturers in the field of research and development", and Japanese companies still have an advantage.