Before the Bell | Musk's Tesla share-selling spree tops $10 billion

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Dec 3, 2021 19:12

By Danilo

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

- Stock futures nudged lower in early trading Friday ahead of the November jobs report as the market nears the end of a roller-coaster week driven by Covid omicron variant developments.

- Elon Musk has now unloaded more than $10 billion in Tesla stock as the billionaire's share-selling spree involving his holdings in the electric-vehicle maker stretched into a second month.

Market Snapshot

Stock futures nudged lower in early trading Friday ahead of the November jobs report as the market nears the end of a roller-coaster week driven by Covid omicron variant developments.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 105 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures dipped 0.3% and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures edged 0.4% lower.

Source: Bloomberg

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