Previous Close | 16.00 |
Open | 16.00 |
Bid | 13.60 |
Ask | 15.34 |
Strike | 184.00 |
Expire Date | 2022-01-21 |
Day's Range | 16.00 - 16.00 |
Contract Range | N/A |
Volume | 3 |
Open Interest | 4 |
President Trump tweeted Thursday that China and the U.S. were getting “very close to a [trade] deal.” The stock market immediately rocketed. • The momo (momentum) crowd is aggressively buying stocks.
U.S. stocks fluctuated between gains and losses as investors struggled to square up terms of a phase one trade deal as described separately by Chinese and U.S. officials. The Dow swung between an as much as 158 point gain and 60 point loss during Friday’s session.
On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.4%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) was flat and SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) gained 0.1%. The equity market paused its record setting rally on Friday as the initial euphoria over a trade deal between the world's two largest economies waned and traders waited on further details over an accord, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It’s a classic case of sell-the-news,” R.J. Grant, director of equity trading at KBW, told the WSJ, adding that parts of the deal remain ambiguous.
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A news report has just come out that a public briefing on trade will be announced by China's Commerce Ministry at 9:30am ET.
Top news and what to watch in the markets on Friday, December 13, 2019.
On the headline Initial Jobless Claims number, we see something of a surprise: a jump of 49K new claims, pushing it to 252K from the previous week's unrevised 203K.
Stocks resurged Thursday afternoon after Bloomberg reported that U.S. negotiators had reached terms of a phase one trade deal that now awaits approval from President Donald Trump
Top news and what to watch in the markets on Thursday, December 12, 2019.
Top news and what to watch in the markets on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
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Stocks ended Tuesday’s trading session lower in a chopping day of trading following a report that the U.S. and China are looking to delay tariffs set to go into effect Sunday.
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Distrust of banks and governments has high net worth individuals buying bullion and storing them in their vaults.
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We could see a market pullback in the coming months, but stocks are likely to continue higher thereafter.
Top news and what to watch in the markets on Monday, December 9, 2019.
The Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) last policy-setting meeting of this year and November’s retail sales data will take centerstage this week.
Last year was an exception when the stock market plunged in December. • The left-most point on the chart shows a rise, similar to the one happening now, in the stock market. • The right-most point shown on the chart is for the current stock market.
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On Friday, the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 1.1%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) gained 1.2% and SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rose 1.0%. Markets strengthened after the Labor Department revealed employers added 266,000 jobs over November and unemployment matched a half-century low of 3.5% compared to estimates of a 187,000 rise and unemployment rate of 3.6%, fueling optimism that the U.S. economy is still holding up and consumers could continue to support growth ahead, the Wall Street Journal reports.