Public Markets 3h Briefing
×Last updated: August 11, 2026, 11:34 PM ET
Equities
India’s small-cap funds bloomberg.com have continued to draw strong investor inflows, with smaller stocks comfortably outpacing large caps this year. Sanrio bloomberg.com tumbled as much as 20% — the steepest drop since 2014 — after first-quarter operating income missed market estimates. Nvidia wsj.com is working with Wall Street to build a novel financing pipeline that uses its AI chips as collateral, a move executives are calling a new asset class but critics question.
Currencies & Commodities
The Singapore dollar wsj.com weakened against the greenback as investors await U.S. inflation data that could set the Federal Reserve’s policy path. Yen traders bloomberg.com have ramped up options activity, seeking flexibility amid a lack of consensus on the currency’s direction. Gold wsj.com edged higher in early Asian trade, also buoyed by the upcoming CPI release.
Fixed Income
China’s free-trade zone bonds bloomberg.com are showing signs of revival after a 2023 crackdown on local government borrowing had effectively shut the market for Shanghai-based issuance.
Corporate Moves
Cracker Barrel wsj.com CEO Julie Masino quietly blessed efforts to find her successor even as she publicly charted a turnaround from a controversial rebranding. Paramount wsj.com CEO David Ellison has suggested the company may leave California, citing the ongoing antitrust battle over its Warner Bros. deal.
Politics & Policy
New Zealand PM Luxon bloomberg.com won a party confidence vote less than three months before a general election, securing his leadership. Trump officials nytimes.com Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick secretly traveled on a decoy plane from Turkey while the president disembarked. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed nytimes.com deleted old posts defending defund‑the‑police and floating an end to fireworks, sparking Republican attacks.
Other Headlines
Derecho storms nytimes.com tore across the Midwest, covering hundreds of miles with winds nearing 100 mph. A party boat rescue nytimes.com near Liberty Island saved 12 passengers, but a mother and daughter died, prompting a federal investigation. Maine’s Madison Paper nytimes.com mill, once the town’s economic engine, has a new owner but uncertainty persists about the community’s future.