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WSJ Your Money Briefing

What's News in Markets: Tesla Turmoil, WK Kellogg Gains, MP Materials Soars

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Why did the latest back-and-forth between President Trump and Elon Musk affect Tesla shares? And what food-industry deal news gave WK Kellogg a bump? Plus, why did a Pentagon investment lift shares of rare-earths miner MP Materials? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.1

Hey listeners, your money briefing is on a break, but we'll be back with more personal finance information for you in the future.

0:37.0

Until then, here's the news moving markets this week.

0:41.3

Hey listeners, it's Saturday, July 12th.

0:44.7

I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets,

0:49.2

our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

0:53.3

Let's get to it. Maybe one day I won't

0:56.6

sound like such a broken record, but once again, the big story of the stock market this week was

1:01.9

trade, trade, trade. I'm going to stick to a couple of the highlights. So first off, President

1:07.1

Trump's announcement of tariffs on global copper imports sent the metals futures rising,

1:12.6

and with them, shares of mining companies like Freeport McMorrin, which gained 2.5% on Tuesday.

1:19.6

And the stock rose roughly 3.5% on Thursday, the day after Trump reiterated his plans for the U.S. to start collecting the tax on August 1st.

1:29.0

There's also the Brazilian tariff news, 50%, also starting next month.

1:34.4

And this sent a BlackRock ETF that tracks an index of Brazilian stocks falling.

1:39.6

U.S. traded shares of JetMaker and Breyer dropped more than 4% on Thursday,

1:45.6

and most relevant to my caffeine-fueled lifestyle, Arabica Coffee Futures rose 1.3%.

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