Citigroup raised its PT on Qualcomm (QCOM.O) to $198 from $160.

Gold slipped below $4,000/oz for the first time since November 2025 as market expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes and a firmer dollar pressured bullion. Silver also tumbled, weighing on miners. London‑listed precious‑metals stocks moved sharply lower: Hochschild fell more than 9% in after‑hours trade to a six‑month low, Fresnillo dropped 5.1% and Endeavour Mining slid 5.25%.

Westpac expects the RBNZ to begin raising the OCR in September but to deliver only one further hike through year‑end. It cites an early resolution of the Iran conflict as weakening the inflation outlook and bringing forward the recovery, reducing the need for aggressive tightening. Westpac now forecasts an OCR peak of 4.00% at end‑2027, easing to a neutral 3.75% by end‑2028; it had previously forecast a 4.25% peak. The bank says this implies one fewer hike than its most recent forecast but one more than its pre‑conflict projection.