Morning Briefing: Musk pans pilot version of Tesla's driver-assistance feature

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Aug 24, 2021 18:20

Morning Briefing: Musk pans pilot version of Tesla's driver-assistance feature

By Julianna

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

-Stock futures edged higher in early morning trading on Tuesday following a broad-based rally on news that U.S. regulators granted full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine.

- Elon Musk on Monday panned a pilot version of an advanced driver-assistance feature Tesla is developing.

Market Snapshot

Stock futures edged higher in early morning trading on Tuesday following a broad-based rally on news that U.S. regulators granted full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$rose 16 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$futures and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$futures traded in positive territory.

Source: Bloomberg

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