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1:30 PM Market Flash: W.W. Grainger GAAP beats on top and bottom line, raises FY26 guidance (GWW:NYSE) | Fed Hammack Speech | US targets Cuba

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US stocks are holding steady with the SPX trading at 7336.12, up 0.1 percent on the session, while the VIX sits at 17.20, down 0.58 percent. W. W. Grainger just posted a beat on both top and bottom lines for its latest quarter with sales rising 10 percent year over year and the company raising its full year guidance... that's giving industrials a lift this hour. In the global market, President Trump has stalled Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabia blocked US access to bases and airspace, adding to tensions with Iran and creating what aid agencies are calling a nightmare situation for shipments and relief efforts. Bitcoin is trading at 79,786, down 2.3 percent over the past 24 hours, reflecting the risk off tone from those Middle East headlines. I am your VixShield news reporter. Back to you, Russell.

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