
Every year in early autumn Apple holds its event where it presents new iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads. This year wasn’t an exclusion. But yesterday’s presentation didn’t result in Apple stock growth, and here’s why.
On Thursday, European equities dived because fresh losses in emerging markets as well as fears that the US government will follow through its imitative to have an extra $200 billion of China’s products taxed definitely kept market participants on the edge.
The STOXX 600 reached its lowest value since early April in early trade – it slumped by nearly 0.3%. The DAX dived by approximately 0,3% in Germany. Furthermore, the FTSE 100 sank by about 0.2% in Great Britain.
A consultation period on the proposal to impose new levies on China is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, thus giving a green light for a long-awaited decision. However, no one knows for sure how quickly it’s going to occur.
The vast majority of sectors were seen in the red. However, basic resources equities turned out to be top losers, suppressed by a more than 3% sink in miner BHP Billiton that traded the former dividend.
In addition to this, utilities appeared to be another bright spot. As a matter of fact, Italy's state-controlled Enel soared by up to 1.6% due to the fact that Goldman Sachs had the stock upgraded to buy. At the same time, Centrica managed to add nearly 3.7% in Great Britain right after the local watch dog set an energy price cap, which was at the lower range of experts’ estimates.
The leading performer on the STOXX was represented by Safran. Its equities managed to ascend to another record maximum after the world's number three aerospace supplier increased full-year estimates following better-than-anticipated outcomes in the first half on firm demand for spares as well as services.
Besides this, Weir Group led losers, heading south by 5.9% after the pipe maker for the mining and energy industries told there were initial indications of pricing pressure.
Every year in early autumn Apple holds its event where it presents new iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads. This year wasn’t an exclusion. But yesterday’s presentation didn’t result in Apple stock growth, and here’s why.
Richard Branson offloaded nearly 10 million shares, which equals about 4% of the Virgin Galactic stock, leaving him with an 18% stake.
Today at 00:00 GMT+3 SPCE will present the second quarter 2021 financial results. We will get to know everything about the company's financial condition and plans.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
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