On September 4, foreign institutional investors net sold Indian equities worth Rs 3,112 crore, while domestic institutional investors net bought Rs 8,930 crore. The Nifty 50 edged up 0.1% to 23898 and the Sensex rose 0.5% as equities pared losses on improved global sentiment and easing expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate hike. Brent crude held at $95.4 a barrel, while the rupee strengthened to 94.4 against the US dollar.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) posted record second-quarter 2026 revenue of $234 million, up 62% year over year, and ended the quarter with $2.36 billion in backlog. The company also won its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million award covering up to 18 suborbital missions for the Space Force, and said it signed more than $1 billion in new contracts during the quarter and the weeks that followed. GAAP gross margin was 36.1% in the quarter, but management guided to 29% to 31% for the third quarter due to expected mix. The stock is down roughly 49% over the past three months, though it is up 28.7% over the past twelve months, outperforming the S&P 500.

U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in August while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, pointing to a stable labor market and keeping an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this month on the table.

Global food prices rose in August, with the UN food price index up 1.9% from July and 2.5% from August 2025, accelerating from July’s pace, UN Food and Agriculture Organization data showed. Drought and conflicts continued to disrupt commodity markets, pushing sugar prices up 11.9% to their highest level since June 2025. Wheat prices were up 15% from a year earlier due in part to disruptions to Black Sea export logistics, while concerns linked to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz also supported maize prices, which rose 2.5%.

The FAO Sugar Price Index jumped 11.9% in August from the previous month, driven by weaker output prospects in Europe due to adverse weather and El Niño-related concerns in key Asian producers. India’s announcement of duty-free imports of raw sugar also contributed to the rise. Over the same period, FAO indexes for cereals, dairy, vegetable oils and meat also increased, according to the UN agency.

Samsung Electronics raised its global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) revenue share to 33% in the second quarter, narrowing its gap with leader SK hynix to 17 percentage points. The company expects sixth-generation HBM4 to help it close the distance further. On its earnings call, Samsung said its HBM market share in the second half could approach its overall DRAM market share.

Electronic signature provider DocuSign reported fiscal 2024 second-quarter net income of $77.7 million, with adjusted earnings of $1.16 per share and revenue of $875.7 million. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations, according to analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research. The company forecast third-quarter revenue of $886 million to $890 million and full-year revenue of $3.5 billion to $3.51 billion.

Torrid Holdings reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $5.2 million, or 5 cents per share, while adjusted results showed a loss of 4 cents per share. Revenue came in at $231.7 million, below Wall Street expectations for an adjusted loss of 3 cents per share and $236.6 million in revenue. The company forecast third-quarter revenue of $230 million to $235 million and full-year revenue of $940 million to $960 million.