Morning Briefing: Virgin Galactic charged nearly half a million dollars per seat

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Aug 6, 2021 18:17

By Julianna

Morning Briefing: Virgin Galactic charged nearly half a million dollars per seat

Hey, moomooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:

- U.S. stock index futures were little changed during early morning trading on Friday, ahead of the highly anticipated jobs report.

- The online sports betting and casino games firm DraftKings will reports earnings before today's market open.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stock index futures were little changed during early morning trading on Friday, ahead of the highly anticipated jobs report.

Futures contracts tied to the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ gained 7 points. $S&P 500 index(.SPX.US)$ futurers were just about flat, while $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ futures were slightly lower.

Source: Bloomberg

Crypto

It was a mixed day on Thursday for crypto market. At the time of wrtting,$Bitcoin(BTC.CC)$was down 0.56% and traded at $40682.9. $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$was down 2.13% and traded at $2764.79.

The cryptocurrency industry's lobbying efforts apparently paid off as a bipartisan group of Senators pitched an amendment meant to appease crypto proponent's concerns over the possible consequences of the vague wording contained in the infrastructure bill.

Source: moomoo

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