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Stocks close lower, Dow drops nearly 500 points as supply chain concerns mount amid protests in China

Stocks finish Monday’s session decrease

After a successful Thanksgiving week, the three main indexes ended Monday down as buyers offered off amid mounting concerns over supply chain disruptions amid Covid-related protests in China.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average misplaced 1.45%, or 497.57 points, and closed at 33,849.46. The S&P 500 additionally shed 1.54% to finish at 3,963.94. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.58% and ended at 11,049.50.

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— Alex Harring(*500*)

Powell will probably disagree with buyers on when rate of interest cuts will start, market strategist predicts

Investors might be waiting for Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Wednesday, mentioned Victoria Fernandez, chief market strategist of Crossmark Global Investments. But she mentioned they is likely to be shocked on one level.

“People are waiting, kind of with bated breath, to say, ‘Oh, my goodness, what’s the message he’s going to give,'” she mentioned.

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Powell is predicted to talk Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., on the Brookings Institute Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy concerning the outlook for the economic system and altering labor market.

She predicted Powell will probably “agree” with the market that the terminal fee might be round 5% or at the very least larger than in September. She additionally mentioned Powell will probably agree {that a} 50-basis level hike on the subsequent assembly can be applicable.

But she mentioned Powell and buyers won’t completely align and that he’ll probably push again on expectations that rates of interest will begin getting minimize down in October 2023.

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“I think he’s really going to push back and say, ‘Look, the labor market is strong. Demand is still decently strong. You know, let’s see what the GDP numbers are this week,'” she mentioned.

“Obviously, that can change if we have a deep recession next year, but we’re not expecting that,” she mentioned, noting {that a} shallow recession is extra extensively anticipated. “And I think Powell is going to stay higher for longer.”

— Alex Harring(*500*)

All 11 S&P 500 sectors commerce down

All of the S&P 500‘s 11 sectors traded down late in the buying and selling day Monday.

The worst performer was actual property, which had dropped 2.8%. Though nonetheless in the crimson, shopper staples carried out one of the best, posting a lack of 0.4%.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Goldman says the underside will not be but in

Investors should continue to position themselves defensively going into 2023 with additional headwinds from rising actual yields probably and lingering progress uncertainty, in response to a crew of strategists at Goldman Sachs.

Goldman’s strategists mentioned situations for an fairness backside haven’t but been reached. The Wall Street agency set its year-end 2023 goal at 4,000 on the S&P 500, slightly below its Friday’s close of 4,026.12.

“We are looking for lower valuations, a trough in negative growth momentum and a peak in interest rates before a new bull market starts,” Goldman mentioned. “We expect markets to transition to a ‘Hope’ phase at some point in 2023 but from a lower level.”

— Yun Li(*500*)

Dow breaks 500 points down as selloff continues

The Dow‘s downward descent continued in the ultimate hour of buying and selling as it moved greater than 500 points down.

The 30-stock index misplaced round 526 points, or 1.5%.

Both the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 have shed 1.6%.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Signature Bank loses 11% following BlockFi chapter submitting

Shares of crypto pleasant financial institution Silvergate slid 11.5% on Monday after BlockFi formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a part of the continued fallout of FTX. Silvergate was BlockFi’s banking companion.

Silvergate, together with Signature Bank in New York, have maintained an open stance towards crypto firms, serving them when many conventional banks have steered away from such dangerous enterprise. Signature’s shares fell 4% Monday.

— Tanaya Macheel(*500*)

Indexes keep damaging getting into ultimate buying and selling hour

The three indexes remained buying and selling down as buyers entered the ultimate hour of buying and selling.

The Dow was down 1.4%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each misplaced 1.5%.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Momentum points to additional draw back for bitcoin, says BTIG’s Krinsky

Bitcoin has been hovering on the $16,000 degree because the sudden demise of FTX initially of this month.

While the value has held up comparatively properly given the shock and widespread impression of the FTX collapse, it might not be completed falling, in response to BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky.

Bitcoin “has now spent about two weeks in a large trading range between $15,500 and $17,000,” he mentioned in a observe Monday. “Momentum still looks to be favoring a downside resolution, and [a] third or fourth test of $16,000 is much less likely to hold than the first two, in our view.”

— Tanaya Macheel(*500*)

DraftKings’ shares stoop on JPMorgan downgrade

DraftKings‘ inventory shed 5% after JPMorgan downgraded shares of the sports activities betting firm to underweight from impartial.

“For DKNG, we see a longer runway and more risk to achieving OSB profitability than peers; with the stock’s bounce since earnings, we see 20% downside to our unchanged year-end 2023 price target,” wrote analyst Joseph Greff.

Oil comes off lows

Oil turned optimistic on Monday, with West Texas Intermediate crude rising $1.14, or 1.5%, to $77.42 per barrel. Earlier in the day, it hit a low of $73.60, which is the most affordable value because the 12 months started.

Brent crude, in the meantime, regained a few of its earlier losses, down 7 cents, or 0.1%, to $83.56. It traded as low as $80.61 per barrel on Monday, its lowest degree since Jan. 10.

Dow breaks 400 points down

The Dow traded greater than 400 points down as protests in China continued to weigh on markets.

The 30-stock index has traded between 300 and 400 points in the crimson for a lot of the buying and selling day. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite had been equally buying and selling down.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Wynn Resorts, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Biogen amongst shares transferring noon

These are among the shares making the largest strikes noon.

  • Wynn Resorts, Melco Resorts — Shares of Wynn Resorts and Melco Resorts gained 4.62% and 9.71% respectively, after the Chinese authorities granted them provisional licenses to proceed working casinos in Macau.
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev — The beer big’s inventory rose greater than 3% after being double upgraded from JPMorgan, which mentioned Anheuser-Busch InBev will profit from a resurgence in demand for home gentle beer and the decline in arduous seltzer demand.
  • Biogen — Biogen sank 3.47% after a Science.org report {that a} lady taking part in an experimental Alzheimer’s therapy trial, sponsored by Biogen and a Japanese pharma firm, not too long ago died from a mind hemorrhage.

Read the complete record of shares making the biggest moves midday here.

— Michelle Fox(*500*)

Fed ought to preserve climbing into subsequent 12 months, Bullard says

James Bullard at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

David A. Grogan | CNBC

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard mentioned Monday that the Fed ought to proceed to lift its benchmark rate of interest in the approaching months and that the market could also be underestimating the prospect that the Fed has to get extra aggressive.

“We’re going to have to continue pursue our interest rate increases into 2023, and there’s some risk that we’ve have to go even higher than [5%],” Bullard mentioned at a Barron’s Live webinar.

Bullard made waves in monetary markets earlier this month when he mentioned the Fed’s hikes have had “only limited effects” on inflation to date and that the benchmark rate of interest might must rise to between 5% and seven%.

Bullard, who’s a voting member of the FOMC, mentioned that the Fed might want to maintain off any fee cuts subsequent 12 months even when the inflation image begins to point out constant enchancment.

“I think we’ll probably have to stay there all through 2023 and into 2024, given the historical behavior of core PCE inflation or Dallas Fed trimmed mean inflation. They will come down, I think. That’s my baseline. But they probably won’t come down quite as fast as markets would like and probably the Fed would like,” Bullard mentioned.

— Jesse Pound(*500*)

Cryptocurrency costs drop however rapidly recuperate after BlockFi declares chapter

The value of bitcoin took a dip on Monday after BlockFi formally introduced it has filed for Chapter 11 chapter in the wake of FTX’s chapter.

Bitcoin briefly dropped to as low as about $16,000 however has rebounded already. It was final decrease by simply 1% to above $16,300, in response to Coin Metrics. The motion in the ether value confirmed an analogous bounce.

BlockFi has been in unhealthy form because the spring, following the blowup of the Terra venture that led to the implosion of Three Arrows Capital. At that point, the corporate accepted a bailout from FTX that may assist it stave off chapter. Of course, FTX is now managing its personal chapter.

— Tanaya Macheel(*500*)

Downward stress stays as buyers enter second half of buying and selling day

The three main indexes continued buying and selling down as the market entered the second half of the day.

The Dow was down 1%, at occasions down greater than 300 points.

The S&P 500 additionally dropped 1%, whereas the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.9%.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

JPMorgan upgrades Anheuser-Busch InBev, says shares are low-cost and will profit from returning demand for gentle beer

Anheuser-Busch InBev shares gained greater than 4% after JPMorgan double-upgraded the inventory to obese, saying the beer big ought to profit from a restoration in gentle beer gross sales.

“After over a decade of minimal organic volume growth, ABI’s transition to a higher-quality top line growth story … is well underway,” wrote analyst Jared Dinges in his improve.

CNBC Pro subscribers can read the full story here.

— Samantha Subin(*500*)

Dow briefly strikes down 300 points

The Dow was down greater than 300 points as the indexes continued to commerce in the crimson.

The drop got here as St. Louis Fed President James Bullard mentioned the central financial institution is more likely to preserve climbing rates of interest into 2023 as there was “a ways to go to get restrictive.” Investors are waiting for if the Fed will proceed its sample of 75-basis level rate of interest hikes in a bid to chill inflation as it may well assist them make predictions on how the market will carry out going ahead.

Equity markets and treasury yields inform ‘two very completely different tales,’ says Rockefeller Global’s Jimmy Chang

Equity markets and the Treasury yield curve are giving conflicting indicators concerning the well being of the economic system, in response to Jimmy Change, chief funding officer at Rockefeller Global Family Office.

“These are two very different stories,” he mentioned on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

He mentioned the fairness markets are indicating {that a} pivot from the Fed on rates of interest may point out a delicate touchdown, main buyers to imagine “happy days are here again.”

But he mentioned the Treasury yield curve between the 2-year and 10-year yield is as inverted as it has been since 1982. The treasury yields “scream” {that a} recession is “coming,” he mentioned.

He mentioned he “sides” with the bond market’s extra pessimistic outlook because of indicators such as Fed surveys and what he known as the declining housing market.

The treasury market is screaming recession is coming, says Rockefeller's Chang

SPACs’ retail possession slides

Retail possession in SPACs has fallen dramatically as the frenzy in the market fizzled, in response to SPAC Research.

Institutions who report their possession held simply over three-quarters of SPAC securities in March, leaving one-quarter of securities for retail house owners and establishments not required to file, information from SPAC Research confirmed. However, by the tip of the third quarter, institutional possession climbed above 90%.

SPACs, particular function acquisition firms, hit a document degree of issuance final 12 months as sponsors took benefit of low rates of interest and big investor urge for food. However, the business took a pointy flip for the more serious this 12 months as fears of rising charges dented the attraction for growth-oriented firms with little income.

— Yun Li(*500*)

China Covid protests may result in 10% iPhone manufacturing hit, Wedbush says

Apple may take care of a serious iPhone scarcity of as much as 10% this vacation season due to Covid protests in China, in response to Wedbush’s Dan Ives.

“We estimate that Apple now has significant iPhone shortages that could take off roughly at least 5% of units in the quarter and potentially up to 10% depending on the next few weeks in China around Foxconn production and protests,” Ives wrote in a Monday observe.

CNBC Pro subscribers can learn the complete story here.

— Sarah Min(*500*)

Stocks hitting new 52-week highs

Eight shares surged to new 52-week highs Monday, in the ultimate buying and selling week of November, even as the broader market slipped. Here’s what firms notched data:

—Carmen Reinicke, Chris Hayes(*500*)

China’s Covid administration is ‘baffling,’ may harm supply chain and inflation, says Allianz’s El-Erian

Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor, mentioned the best way China has been managing Covid is “totally baffling” however could be fastened with Western vaccines, though it will nonetheless take months to attain herd immunity.

“We had the issue of lives versus livelihood, and we flip flopped because vaccines came along and allowed for certain degree of her immunity,” he advised CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Monday. “China has been trying the Covid Zero policy, never got out of the live versus livelihood dilemma, has flip flopped and now the population’s patience has been tested.”

The protests will probably result in supply “uncertainty” for firms that function there. For everybody else, it could possibly be an impediment to decrease inflation.

“We may have an issue where inflation gets stuck at around 4%,” he mentioned. “Supply chain issues, the change of globalization [and] wages mean inflation will not get back to 2% quickly for us. For the companies involved, it means it takes longer than they would like to rewire the supply chains.”

— Tanaya Macheel(*500*)

Top retail shares acquire after document Black Friday on-line buying

Shares of key retail shares rose Monday after Black Friday broke an online shopping record. Consumers spent a brand new excessive of $9.12 billion on-line in the course of the retail vacation in response to Adobe.

Amazon inventory gained 1.7% on Monday following the buying document. Shares of Target additionally rose 1.8%. Walmart additionally ticked barely larger, up about 0.31% Monday morning.

—Carmen Reinicke(*500*)

Volatility index warns that rally is working of steam, Stockton says

The latest rally for the market is beginning present “some signs of exhaustion,” Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies mentioned on “Squawk Box.”

Stockton mentioned that the S&P 500 is nearing its 200-day transferring common and is unlikely to interrupt above that degree for lengthy. She pointed to the Cboe Volatility Index, which jumped above 22 on Monday morning after falling to simply above 20 late final week.

“We have a little bit of a gap up there. And that gap up follows some signs of short-term downside exhaustion for the Vix last week. That has us paying attention, looking for perhaps an increase in volatility,” Stockton mentioned.

Apple shares fall on reported iPhone Pro manufacturing shortfall

Apple shares fell 1.4% throughout early buying and selling following a report that the corporate may undergo an iPhone manufacturing shortfall as a results of unrest at its greatest provider.

Protests and employee tumult at Foxconn’s manufacturing facility in China may outcome in the corporate producing 6 million fewer iPhone Pro fashions, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing an individual aware of the matter.

A wave of protests has rippled by China in latest days as people develop annoyed over the country’s strict and prolonged zero Covid policy.

The supply mentioned Foxconn and Apple ought to make up for the supply shortfall in 2023.

— Samantha Subin(*500*)

Energy shares wrestle as oil declines

Indexes commerce down at open

The three main indexes opened down as protests in China reversed course for the market from the good points seen in the course of the shortened Thanksgiving buying and selling week.

The Dow was down 0.4%. The S&P 500 misplaced 0.5%, whereas the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.2%.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

JPMorgan downgrades First Solar, cites latest inventory outperformance

JPMorgan downgraded shares of First Solar to impartial from obese, saying the inventory is due for a breather after rallying on the again of the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage in August.

“We expect bookings to remain strong and therefore believe existing holders should maintain positions, though with an expected uptick in manufacturing capacity announcements from competitors in FY23, we expect the pace of FSLR’s multiple re-rating to slow,” analyst Mark Strouse wrote.

CNBC Pro subscribers can read more on the downgrade, which despatched shares down greater than 3% earlier than the bell.

— Samantha Subin(*500*)

WTI low erases 2022 good points

West Texas Intermediate crude oil hit a low of $73.60 per barrel Monday, marking the most affordable value since 2022 started.

The final time the crude traded decrease at any level in buying and selling was Dec. 27, 2021, when the value got here right down to $72.57. The value per barrel has misplaced 14.6% since November started, placing it on observe for its worst month since November 2021, when it dropped 20.8%.

Brent crude traded at a low of $80.61 per barrel, its lowest because it hit $80.50 on Jan. 10. Brent has additionally dropped 14.6% this month and is equally poised to submit its worst month-to-month efficiency because it misplaced 16.4% in November 2021.

— Alex Harring, Gina Francolla(*500*)

Dow futures commerce down 200 points as pre-market nears ultimate hour

Futures linked to the Dow traded down greater than 200 points, or 0.6%, as the pre-market entered its ultimate hour.

Meanwhile, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures every misplaced about 0.8%.

Apple is making ‘measurable strikes to diversify’ from China and doesn’t must be offered, Munster says

Investors are watching Apple amid concerns over the impression of protests of Covid restrictions in China on enterprise. But the tech big doesn’t must be offered as it strikes away from a excessive focus of manufacturing in China, mentioned Gene Munster, founder and managing companion at Loup Ventures.

“I don’t think you should sell the stock,” he mentioned on “Squawk Box.”

Munster mentioned buyers ought to watch if firms stay dedicated to doing the vast majority of its manufacturing in China when deciding when to carry. But he mentioned Apple is making “some measurable moves to diversify away” from China, pointing to the sliding share of income associated to manufacturing in China over time as seen when evaluating provider lists over latest years.

“That speaks to Apple’s commitment to starting to diversify away from the region,” Munster mentioned of the income information.

Apple has shed 1.9% in pre-market buying and selling following a Bloomberg report exhibiting that the corporate may see a manufacturing shortfall of close to six million iPhone Pro fashions because of protest-related unrest at a contract manufacturing manufacturing facility in China. Apple and Foxconn, which runs the manufacturing facility, do not count on to make up that shortfall in 2023, an individual aware of meeting operations advised Bloomberg.

The inventory has misplaced 16.6% to date this 12 months.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Stocks making the largest strikes in pre-market buying and selling: Apple, Taboola.com, Anheuser-Busch InBev and extra

These are among the shares making the largest strikes in pre-market buying and selling:

  • Apple – Apple slid 1.7% in premarket buying and selling.on reviews of a manufacturing shortfall of close to six million iPhone Pro fashions because of Covid-related unrest at contract producer Foxconn’s China manufacturing facility. An individual aware of meeting operations advised Bloomberg that Apple and Foxconn do count on to have the ability to make up that shortfall in 2023.
  • Taboola.com – The software program firm’s inventory soared 65.2% in premarket motion after it introduced a 30-year settlement with Yahoo, below which Taboola will energy native promoting on all Yahoo platforms.
  • Exxon Mobil, Chevron – Exxon and Chevron misplaced 1.8% and 1.7%, respectively, as vitality shares fell in the premarket with WTI Crude touching its lowest degree in 11 months.
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev – Anheuser-Busch InBev jumped 4.2% in the premarket after a double improve from J.P. Morgan Securities to “overweight” from “underweight.”

See the full list here.

— Alex Harring, Peter Schacknow(*500*)

Stock futures stay depressed getting into ultimate leg of pre-market buying and selling

Futures stayed in the crimson as the pre-market entered its ultimate two hours.

Futures linked to the Dow shed 189 points, or 0.5%.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures every misplaced 0.7%.

The efficiency comes as as social unrest from China’s Covid restrictions hit shares. It marked a flip from a successful Thanksgiving buying and selling week inside U.S. fairness markets.

— Alex Harring(*500*)

Apple shares fall on report that plant troubles may outcome in 6 million fewer iPhone Pros

Apple shares shed nearly 2% in the premarket following a Bloomberg report that unrest on the firm’s greatest provider may outcome in 6 million fewer iPhone Pro items for the 12 months.

Protests have erupted in China in latest days over new lockdowns and Covid-19 restrictions — together with at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou manufacturing facility, which accounts for almost all of iPhone shipments worldwide.

The Bloomberg report cited individuals aware of the matter.

— Samantha Subin(*500*)

Tech shares slide Monday

Tech shares dipped to begin the week together with the broader market. Shares of Micron Technology, Nvidia and AMD all fell greater than 1%. Apple shares additionally slid 1.8%.

— Fred Imbert(*500*)

Energy shares slide, following oil costs

Energy shares had been below stress in the premarket Monday as oil costs took successful, with buyers pondering the potential impact of civil unrest in China on international progress.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) fell greater than 2% earlier than the bell. Shares of Chevron and Exxon Mobil dipped 1.9% and a couple of.1%, respectively. Oil, in the meantime, slid 3.1% to $73.90 per barrel, hovering close to its lowest degree in a couple of 12 months.

— Fred Imbert(*500*)

European markets retreat as Covid protests in China proceed

European markets retreated on Monday as buyers monitored unrest in China as protests in opposition to strict Covid measures and lockdowns erupted over the weekend.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.6% in early commerce, with oil and fuel shares shedding 2% to steer losses as virtually all sectors and main bourses slid into the crimson.

There is a 30% likelihood that China reopens sooner than anticipated: Goldman Sachs

There's a 30% probability that China reopens earlier, says Goldman Sachs

China is most definitely to reopen round April subsequent 12 months after the National People’s Congress takes place, however there’s an opportunity that authorities reopen earlier because of difficulties in retaining Covid circumstances below management, in response to Goldman Sachs.

Chief China Economist Hui Shan mentioned there is a 60% likelihood of the previous state of affairs going down.

“There is also a 30% probability of earlier reopening precisely because of the difficulty in keeping Covid under control, and the lack of medical preparation suggests it could be quite a messy process,” she mentioned.

“Medical preparation is not ready yet, whereas the virus has evolved in such a way [that] it’s getting very costly to continue to implement that dynamic zero-Covid policy,” she mentioned.

She mentioned that policymakers must weigh out the prices and advantages of the stringent Covid restrictions as protests happen throughout the nation.

“This is not something they had experienced before [or] had a lot of experience in dealing with in prior cycles,” she mentioned.

— Su-Lin Tan(*500*)

Oil futures prolong losses, U.S. crude touches lowest ranges for the 12 months

Both U.S. crude futures and Brent crude futures shed greater than 2% every in Asia’s morning commerce as fears on demand from China faltering got here into focus.

West Texas Intermediate futures fell as low as $73.86 per barrel, the bottom ranges since December 2021, whereas Brent crude futures slipped to $81.16 per barrel on the session’s lows to date.

WTI was final down 2.6% at $74.31 per barrel, whereas Brent crude final traded 2.4% decrease at $81.65 per barrel.

— Abigail Ng(*500*)

Offshore Chinese yuan weakens in Asia morning as Covid protests persist

The offshore Chinese yuan sharply weakened in opposition to the U.S. greenback amid damaging sentiment over unrest in China over Covid restrictions.

The foreign money weakened round 0.8% in opposition to the U.S. greenback to 7.2529 in Asia’s morning commerce.

The greenback index rose 0.32% to 106.29, with buyers probably seeing the dollar as a secure haven asset as concern over China grows.

— Jihye Lee(*500*)

Top retailers analysts are watching as vacation buying picks up

Investors are watching retail shares this vacation season, following a record-breaking black Friday.

While there are worries of an financial slowdown and a weakening U.S. shopper, analysts are bullish on a number of key retail shares that ought to develop in the approaching months.

CNBC Pro used FactSet information to discover a record of the highest retail shares, together with names such as Amazon and Bath & Body Works.

Pro subscribers can read more here.

—Carmen Reinicke, Tanaya Macheel(*500*)

Earnings on deck for ultimate week of November

Here are the businesses which are scheduled to report quarterly earnings this week.

Monday – Azek

Tuesday – Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp, CrowdStrike, Intuit

Wednesday – Salesforce, Box, Petco, Pure Storage, Splunk, Five Below, Hormel, Snowflake, Octa, Royal Bank of Canada, PVH, Victoria’s Secret, Synopsis, La-Z-Boy

Thursday – Kroger, Zscaler, ChargePoint, Dollar General, Ulta Beauty, Ambarella, Lands’ End, Ambarella, Designer Brands, American Outdoor Brands, Asana, Marvell Tech, Big Lots, Toronto Dominion, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank, Zumiez

Friday – Cracker Barrel

—Carmen Reinicke(*500*)

Stock futures fall Sunday

U.S. inventory futures slipped Sunday night after Wall Street notched a successful week.

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average misplaced 72 points, or 0.21%. S&P 500 futures had been 0.32% decrease and Nasdaq 100 futures shed 0.48%.

—Carmen Reinicke(*500*)



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