Morning Briefing: McDonald's plans to make happy meal toys more sustainable

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Sep 22, 2021 18:53

Morning Briefing: McDonald's plans to make happy meal toys more sustainable

By Danilo

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

-U.S. stocks on Tuesday fought to rebound from Monday’s rout, but failed as the Dow Jones Industrial average trended lower for most of the session and closed in the red.

-Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has tried to decouple a coming reduction in asset purchases from signaling its rate plans, but new projections this week could pose a hurdle.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stocks on Tuesday fought to rebound from Monday's rout, but failed as the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ trended lower for most of the session and closed in the red.

The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 201 points. The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ and the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ were little changed.

Source: Bloomberg

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