
The US authorities filed a lawsuit against Facebook - what are the implications?
On Tuesday, American equities neglected a mediocre start to ascend because Intel spurred technology equities and also brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record maximum.
As a matter of fact, Intel soared by 5.1%, although market experts failed to spot a fresh trigger. Some analysts suggested that the stock was recovering Friday's soar after the chip manufacturer soothed worries over its business.
Besides this, the Philadelphia SE semiconductor index tacked on by 1.20%, which is greatest profit in what’s set to be a four-day jump. As for technology equities SPLRCT, they surged by 0.48%.
8 of the 11 key S&P sectors ascended in contrast with only three gainers earlier in the trading marathon. Moreover, the materials index SPLRCM rallied by 0.53%. Tthe communication services index SPLRCL headed north by up to 0.19%.
EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on by 0.49% hitting 26,780.56, receding having reached a record maximum of 26,793.35. As for the S&P 500, it added 0.16% reaching 2,929.15. Tthe Nasdaq stood still, sticking with 8,041.40.
The Russell 2000 index lost 0.59%.
Financials SPSY headed south by 0.3% due to the fact that American lenders followed their Italian rivals lower right after a senior lawmaker in one of Italy's key parties told that most of Italy’s issues would be tackled if it had a national currency readopted.
As for the defensive utilities SPLRCU, they turned out to be the top performer amid sectors, adding 1.4%.
Facebook went down by 1% for the third consecutive trading session against the backdrop of ongoing calls to utilize legislation to make technology companies take responsibilities for online security seriously.
Besides this, PepsiCo went down by 0.9% because disappointing margins because of higher commodity as well as transport costs managed to overshadow a quarterly profit, which confounded forecasts.
The US authorities filed a lawsuit against Facebook - what are the implications?
Russian media companies are complaining that Youtube and Facebook block them. So sad. Now, what about the stock price?
Have you seen the Tesla stock price? But it has already dropped from that high... will it move up again?
Poor US data, slow vaccine distribution, rising virus cases worsened the market sentiment and underpinned safe-haven currencies like the USD, and JPY.
The European Central Bank will publish the monetary policy statement with the interest rate decision on January 21, at 14:45 MT time.
Joe Biden is going to unveil a Covid-19 relief package of about $2 trillion. After this announcement, the 10-year Treasury yield rose, adding support for the USD.
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