Morning Briefing: Microsoft announced a new $60 billion stock repurchase program

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Sep 15, 2021 18:26

Morning Briefing: Microsoft announced a new $60 billion stock repurchase program

By Danilo

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

-U.S. stock futures were mildly higher in early morning trading on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 300 points on Tuesday — amid rising investor worries about the state of the economic recovery and the next action by the Federal Reserve.

-U.S. stocks fell, continuing a recent pullback even after fresh data showed inflation rose at a slower-than-expected pace.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stock futures were mildly higher in early morning trading on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 300 points on Tuesday — amid rising investor worries about the state of the economic recovery and the next action by the Federal Reserve.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$futures ticked 88 points higher. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$futures both traded in mildly positive territory.

Source: Bloomberg

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