Before the Bell | Robinhood hack exposes customer names, email addresses

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Nov 9, 2021 19:35

By Danilo

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

- U.S. stock futures were slightly lower during early morning trading on Tuesday after the major averages closed at records, boosted by strength in infrastructure stocks.

- The trading app Robinhood said the incident took place last week and that the breach has since been contained.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stock futures were slightly lower during early morning trading on Tuesday after the major averages closed at records, boosted by strength in infrastructure stocks.

Futures contracts tied to the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ dipped 21 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures traded in mildly positive territory.

Source: Bloomberg

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