Asia Joins US Rebound as Samsung Surges, NFP Thursday Looms

Nasdaq jumped 2% Monday as Alphabet joined the Dow above 52,000. Asia followed with Samsung leading. June NFP on Thursday is the next test for US Stock Futures.

TLDR

• Nasdaq Composite added 2.07% to 25,820.14 and the S&P 500 rose 1.18% to 7,440.43 on Monday.
• Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 52,182.74, the first close above 52,000 in its history.
• Alphabet (GOOGL) made its debut in the Dow, replacing Verizon, and rallied 4.96% on the day.
• The US Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
• Asia followed through on Tuesday: Nikkei 225 reclaimed 70,000, KOSPI added 0.97%, Samsung up 4%.
• June Nonfarm Payrolls on Thursday July 2 is the binary event into the long July 4 holiday weekend.

Market Regime

After a five-session Nasdaq slide and a Friday spill on the OpenAI IPO delay story, Monday’s reversal looked less like routine dip-buying and more like a forced positioning unwind. The same Mag-7 names that did most of the bleeding last week did almost all of the rebound’s work. Volume on the Nasdaq Composite ran above its 20-day average, the SMH put back the 21-day moving average it had lost on Friday, and the Russell 2000 printed flat. That mix is more consistent with concentrated re-leveraging into big tech than a broad risk-on bid.

The next 72 hours decide whether Monday was the start of a quarter-end melt-up or a one-day technical bounce. June payrolls land on Thursday inside a shortened week, with US markets closed Friday for Independence Day, leaving no second print to lean on. A hot wage number revives the BoFA hike-back-on-the-table note that triggered the late-June slide. A soft print, combined with the Supreme Court’s Lisa Cook decision keeping the Fed governance picture intact, would clear the path for risk to push higher into Q3 earnings season.

Bullish Factors

• Mag-7 leadership came back hard: GOOGL +4.96%, TSLA +8.45%, AMZN +3.18%, META +2.2%, NVDA +1.27%.
• Alphabet entered the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon, and triggered mechanical index-fund buying through the close.
• Supreme Court ruled Fed Governor Lisa Cook stays, removing a near-term overhang on Fed independence concerns.
• Samsung and SK Hynix announced multi-trillion-won capex programs into HBM and advanced nodes, reinforcing the AI infrastructure demand thesis.
• Rocket Lab (RKLB) completed an $8B acquisition of Iridium Communications, the largest commercial space M&A of 2026.
• SpaceX (SPCX) confirmed for Nasdaq-100 inclusion effective July 7. Mechanical index-fund buying queued for the close of July 6.
• Corporate activity broadening out: Comcast spin-off announcement, Carlisle-Owens Corning approach reported by WSJ.
• Asian session Tuesday confirmed the bid: Nikkei +0.86% to 70,062, KOSPI +0.97% to 8,476, TAIEX +2.5%.

Bearish Factors

• Quarter-end rebalancing flows can cut both ways through Tuesday’s close, so Monday’s tape may not extend cleanly.
• VIX at 18.38 is still elevated relative to early-June lows, signalling hedging demand has not fully unwound.
• June Nonfarm Payrolls on Thursday is the only major data print before the long holiday weekend. A hot wage or low unemployment number revives the rate-hike risk that sank tech in late June.
• USD/JPY hit a 40-year low on Monday, raising BoJ jawboning risk and reviving carry-trade unwind memories from August 2024.
• US-Iran talks in Doha this week remain unresolved despite the ceasefire holding. Brent stayed bid around $70 even with the equity rally.
• Apple’s iPhone price hikes and Microsoft’s Xbox price hike from last week are still being digested as consumer-demand risk.
• The S&P 500’s 50-day moving average near 7,363 is the line in the sand. The index reclaimed it on Monday but is not yet decisively above.

Asian Markets This Morning

The Asian session on Tuesday confirmed the Wall Street bid. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed +0.86% at 70,062.27, reclaiming the 70,000 level it had lost in the June 26 rout. The broader Topix added 0.5% to 3,982. Tokyo Electron, SoftBank Group, and Disco Corp all participated in the rebound.

South Korea’s KOSPI added 0.97% to 8,476.48, with Samsung Electronics +4.02% and SK Hynix +1.79% leading the index. Both names firmed up after overnight capex announcements aimed at HBM and advanced-node capacity, with combined planned outlays in the multi-trillion-won range across the next planning cycle. Taiwan’s TAIEX closed the first half of 2026 with a +2.5% session to 46,125.91, the strongest single-day print of Q2 for Taipei.

US futures held a modest pre-cash-open bid: Dow +0.17%, S&P 500 +0.07%, Nasdaq 100 +0.07%. The Japanese yen weakened past a 40-year low against the dollar on Monday and held there into Tuesday, keeping the carry-trade question live ahead of the Bank of Japan meeting on July 30.

What Moved Wall Street Today

Monday’s session was the cleanest mega-cap rebound of the month. The Nasdaq Composite added 2.07% to 25,820.14, the S&P 500 climbed 1.18% to 7,440.43, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 52,182.74, the first close above 52,000 in its history.

Alphabet (GOOGL) was the marquee story. The stock added 4.96% on its first session as a Dow component, with index funds rebalancing into the name through the day. Verizon (-5.24%), the stock it replaced, was the other side of that flow. Tesla added 8.45% on a continuation of the robotaxi-expansion narrative. Amazon +3.18%, Meta +2.2%, Nvidia +1.27%.

The semiconductor tape snapped back hard. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) added more than 3%, with Astera Labs leading at +16%, KLA +12%, and Applied Materials +11%. UBS lifted its Marvell price target to $340 from $230 on commentary that MRVL holds the leading share in Compute Express Link products, framing CXL as a critical enabling technology for high-capacity AI memory systems.

Outside tech, corporate news drove single-name moves. Comcast (+4.4%) said it will spin off its media and technology businesses into two separately listed companies within about a year. Owens Corning surged near 14% after a WSJ report that Carlisle Companies had made an unsolicited acquisition approach. The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, a decision that reduced near-term tail-risk around Fed governance and gave the late-day melt-up its anchor.

Assets in Focus

GOOGL (Alphabet)

First trading day as a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, replacing Verizon. Closed +4.96% on heavy volume as index funds rebalanced into the name through the close. Q2 earnings dated for July 28 after-market. The June $84.75B equity raise (including the $10B Berkshire private placement) for AI infrastructure remains a structural overhang into that print.

SPCX (SpaceX)

Confirmed for Nasdaq-100 inclusion. Index-tracking funds begin purchasing after the close on July 6, with official entry into the Nasdaq-100 at the open on July 7. One of the fastest additions in the index’s history, with the IPO only debuting on June 12, 2026.

RKLB (Rocket Lab)

Completed the $8B cash-and-stock acquisition of Iridium Communications announced Monday. Largest commercial space sector M&A of 2026. Adds satellite communications operations to Rocket Lab’s launch and spacecraft business, broadening the revenue base ahead of its own Q2 print later this earnings season.

SMH (VanEck Semiconductor ETF)

+3% on Monday after losing the 21-day moving average on Friday. Internals were stronger than the headline number: ALAB +16%, KLAC +12%, AMAT +11%. The 50-day moving average remains the level that defines whether June’s pullback was a healthy reset or the start of something deeper into the ASML print on July 15 and TSM on July 16.

TSLA (Tesla)

+8.45% Monday, the largest single-name move in the Mag-7 group. Robotaxi-expansion read-through continued to support sentiment. Q2 earnings dated for July 22 after-market.

SMSN / SKHX (Samsung Electronics / SK Hynix)

Both rallied in the Tuesday Asian session – Samsung +4.02%, SK Hynix +1.79% – after multi-trillion-won capex announcements aimed at HBM and advanced-node capacity. Samsung typically issues preliminary Q2 guidance in the first week of July.

Index Levels to Watch

For context only, not entry or exit signals.

• S&P 500: 7,440 last close. The 50-day moving average around 7,363 acted as support on Friday’s spill. 7,500 is the next reference level above.
• Nasdaq Composite: 25,820 last close. The 25,300 area from the Friday low sits as the first reference level below.
• Dow Jones Industrial Average: 52,183 record close. 52,000 is the new psychological reference.
• Russell 2000: Around 3,012. Lagged the Mag-7 rebound; the gap is the small-cap underperformance signal to monitor.
• Nikkei 225: 70,062. Reclaimed 70,000 on Tuesday after losing it Friday. 69,000 marked the Friday low.
• KOSPI: 8,476. The June 26 low near 8,200 is the level that traders watch for whether the AI-rotation flush has run its course.

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