Before the Bell | Elon Musk exercises a large number of stock options

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Nov 11, 2021 05:37

By Danilo

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

- U.S. stock futures were little changed in early morning trading on Thursday following a tech-driven sell-off on Wall Street.

- The Twitter Crypto group will set strategy to help the social-media app's creators.

Market Snapshot

U.S. stock futures rose in early morning trading on Thursday following a tech-driven sell-off on Wall Street.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ futures rose 46 points. $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ futures gained 16.5 points and $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ futures rose 96.75 points.

Source: Bloomberg

Market Temperature

Before the Bell | Elon Musk exercises a large number of stock options

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