By Danilo
Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- U.S. stock index futures nudged lower during morning trading Tuesday after the major averages started the week in the red as Covid omicron fears hit sentiment.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $906.5 million, U.S. securities filings showed on Monday.
Market Snapshot
U.S. stock index futures nudged lower during morning trading Tuesday after the major averages started the week in the red as Covid omicron fears hit sentiment.
Futures contracts tied to the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ lost 29 points after being positive earlier. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures declined 0.23% and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ 100 futures were off 0.53%.
Market Temperature
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JPMorgan in talks to pay $200 million fine over staffers' texts
The settlement would be the first to emerge from a regulatory sweep of how banks track employee communications. $JPMorgan (JPM.US)$
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Friday, December 3, 2021
By Mia
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