Before the bell | GameStop shares jump 15% on stock-split request

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Apr 1, 2022 18:19

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

- Stock futures rose early Friday as investors assessed a new quarter of trading and a troublesome bond market recession indicator.

- GameStop says it will seek shareholder approval to increase the number of common shares for a stock split, which would follow the recent path of Tesla, Alphabet and Amazon.com.

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Stock futures rose early Friday as investors assessed a new quarter of trading and a troublesome bond market recession indicator.

Both futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ and $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures gained 0.49%, and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures climbed 0.55%.

Before the bell | GameStop shares jump 15% on stock-split request

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