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Morning Briefing: U.S. futures erased a gain as the risks of rising inflation

Moomoo News ·  Mar 15, 2021 12:58  · Headline

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By Mia

Good morning moomooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:

  • U.S. futures erased a gain as investors worried about the economic recovery and the risks of rising inflation.

  • Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMC, Ford, XPeng and others.

Market Snapshot

As of 08:39 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 73 points. S&P 500 futures decreased 1.5 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures traded 14 points lower.

U.S. futures erased a gain as investors weighed the budding economic recovery and progress on vaccines against the risks of rising inflation.  The Nasdaq fell modestly as recently slumping tech stocks continued to fight rising bond yields.

Source: Bloomberg

Premovers

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMC, Ford, XPeng and others

$AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc(AMC.US)$ - AMC will begin reopening movie theaters in Los Angeles, starting with two locations today. It plans to open the remaining 23 theaters in Los Angeles on Friday and hopes to have all 56 California locations open by then depending on local approvals. AMC jumped 8.7% in premarket trade.

$Ford Motor Co(F.US)$ - Ford will recall 2.9 million vehicles to check for potentially faulty driver-side Takata airbags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had called on Ford to do so in January, and the automaker plans to begin notifying owners on April 1.

$XPeng Inc.(XPEV.US)$ - XPeng got a $76.8 million investment from the provincial government in Guangdong, where the Chinese electric vehicle maker is based and has two manufacturing plants. XPeng added 4.2% in premarket action.

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Source: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg

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