Morning Briefing: Facebook restored after hourslong global outage

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Oct 5, 2021 18:33

Morning Briefing: Facebook restored after hourslong global outage

By Ander

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

- Stock futures rebounded on Tuesday as some investors bought the dip in technology stocks.

- Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services restored after hourslong global outage. The problems appeared to be linked to a change the company made to networking instructions for how the world accesses its systems, according to outside experts.

Market Snapshot

Stock futures rebounded on Tuesday as some investors bought the dip in technology stocks.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 116 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures gained 0.35% while $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures added 0.42%.

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