Morning Briefing: Sea looking to raise $6.3 bln in SE Asia's biggest fundraising

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Sep 9, 2021 18:33

Morning Briefing: Sea looking to raise $6.3 bln in SE Asia's biggest fundraising

By Danilo

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

- U.S. stock futures were lower in early morning trading Thursday as investors remained cautious on the remaining months of trading.

- New York Fed President John Williams said the U.S. central bank remains on track to slow the pace of its bond-buying stimulus effort this year, although he declined to say when that process might kick off.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stock futures were lower in early morning trading Thursday as investors remained cautious on the remaining months of trading.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$futures fell 89 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$futures and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$futures both traded in mildly negative territory.

Source: Bloomberg

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