The Nasdaq is down big on the first trading day of the week following the markets being closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day — and more in Tuesday’s stock market recap.
The Nasdaq is on track to open 1.7% lower as bond yields move higher, with the yield on the two-year Treasury breaking above 1% for the first time since February 2020.
The Dow is also set to open lower by 1% with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) dropping on disappointing earnings.
Not only did the company miss on earnings, it reported that operating expenses soared 23% from the previous year.
Elsewhere in the news, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is set to buy beaten-down video game company Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) in an all-cash deal for $68.7 billion, causing Activision’s shares to surge 37% premarket.
In this morning’s stock market recap video, you’ll discover the short- and long-term support levels for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq… the biggest market-moving catalyst this week… the single most important sector to watch… whether bonds will push the market lower… an update on market internals… and the top stock in the top sector.
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Stock Market Recap: By the Numbers
This morning’s stock market futures recap:
DOW (mini)
- Close: 35,911.81.
- Futures: 35,510.
- Change: -286.
S&P 500 (mini)
- Close: 4,662.85.
- Futures: 4,611.25.
- Change: -43.5.
NASDAQ (mini)
- Close: 15,611.59.
- Futures: 15,375.5.
- Change: -220.25.
RUSSELL (mini)
- Close: 2,162.46.
- Futures: 2,140.8.
- Change: -16.9.
Note: Updated as of 9:17 a.m. EST
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