
The US authorities filed a lawsuit against Facebook - what are the implications?
On Thursday, American stock indexes slumped because a bunch of weak quarterly reports impacted a firm earnings season, while trade tensions escalated on news the EU might retaliate if America dares to impose duties on European vehicles.
Worries regarding the impact of duties have been soaring among manufacturers in every one of the Fed’s 12 districts, as a major bank report published on Wednesday uncovered.
Nevertheless, on CNBC Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser had tariff-related worries downplayed, telling that the current US trade strategy with China, including new duties, isn’t as fatal as many illustrate.
The Consumer Staples sector headed south by 0.9%, thus demonstrating the worst outcome among the 11 crucial S&P sectors.
On the sector the losses were led by a 6.3% sag in the equities of cigarette producer Philip Morris after this company had its full-year profit estimate lowered. The competitor Altria went down by 3.3%.
EBay edged down by 9.6%, having reported its underwhelming outcomes and forecast.
In addition to this, AmEx edged down 2.8% after the credit card company told that expenses ascended because of higher spending on the rewards program.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped by 0.38% being worth 25,103.11. Additionally, the S&P 500 inched down by 0.35% hitting 2,805.86. As for the Nasdaq Composite, it dipped by 0.29% demonstrating an outcome of 7,831.84.
IBM happened to be a bright spot, adding 4% right after its outcomes topped forecasts because of surge in higher-margin businesses including cloud computing and cyber security.
Aside from that Comcast managed to soar by 3.4% having dropped pursuit of a bunch of media assets, which are owned by Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
The S&P index demonstrated 12 fresh 52-week maximums as well as one new minimum.
The US authorities filed a lawsuit against Facebook - what are the implications?
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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.
The US dollar’s weakness offered a boost to emerging-market currencies and oil.
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