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A daily FX/markets wrap covering May 7 sessions: the US Dollar Index edged up 0.17% to 98.193 as major equity indices pulled back — S&P 500 -0.38%, Dow -0.63%, Nasdaq -0.13% — snapping recent record-close streaks. Fed speakers (Hammack, Daly, Williams) leaned hawkish, emphasizing patience and inflation risks amid Iran-related geopolitical uncertainty, while ECB's Schnabel warned of hard-to-reverse economic damage from the Iran conflict. Notable individual movers included Datadog (+28%), Fortinet (+15%), Shake Shack (-~30%), Caterpillar (-3.37%), and JPMorgan (-2.74%).

Datadog reported blockbuster earnings that sent its stock up 31% intraday, significantly exceeding market expectations. The strong results were attributed to AI-driven demand for cloud infrastructure, positioning Datadog as a clear beneficiary. The positive sentiment spilled over into peer names including Snowflake and MongoDB.