Financial Associated Press (Shanghai, editor Xia Junxiong) news, before the session on Wednesday, the three major stock index futures were basically flat, as of press time, the S&P 500 futures rose 0.06%; The Dow futures rose 0.01%; nasdaq composite index 100 index futures rose 0.10%.
A study in South Africa showed that infection with the Olmiqueron strain boosted neutralizing immunity to the Delta strain and reduced the risk of severe illness.
Investor sentiment grew more optimistic, and they began to believe that as more information came out, the Olmikron strain would not trigger severe restrictions on business activities.
James Athey, investment manager at Abrdn, said this was a positive factor and the data continued to suggest that the symptoms of infection with the Omiljun strain were far less severe than those of previous strains.
Market dynamics
In the previous session, the Dow recorded five consecutive positives, but the S&P and NASDAQ ended the rally and both closed lower. By the close, the Dow was up 0.26 percent at 36,398.21 points, out of a five-pony; the S&P 500 was down 0.10 percent at 4,786.36 points; and the Nasdaq was down 0.56 percent at 15,781.70.
The trading European market has had mixed ups and downs, with the UK FTSE 100 up 0.83%, the French CAC40 down 0.17% and the German DAX30 down 0.49% as of press time.
(Source: Ying Wei Cai)
Company news
[Musk sold $1 billion of Tesla stock again, and the overall progress has exceeded 90%]
On Tuesday night local time, Musk once again filed regulatory documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, announcing the exercise of options and throwing Tesla stock. Musk bought 1.554 million shares of Tesla stock at an exercise price of $6.24 on Tuesday, and then sold 934,090 shares at a price of $1,079-1,117 to liquidate $1.019 billion, the filing shows. According to statistics, musk's options that will expire next year (the right to buy 22.86 million tesla shares) have been fully exercised. Tesla shares were higher before the market, and as of press time, the stock was up 1%.
【Rivian postpones delivery of long-endurance electric vehicles to 2023】
On Tuesday, RJ Scaringe, CEO of electric pickup truck company Rivian, said in an email to customers that the company will delay the delivery of its long-range electric pickups and SUVs until 2023. It is reported that the two cars received about 71,000 pre-orders in the United States and Canada, most of which chose the Adventure Edition model under the Lage battery pack option, while the order for the Max battery pack accounted for only 20% of the total. Scaringe said: "In order to serve the largest number of booking users, we will prioritize the adventurous version of the car with lage battery pack next year." ”
[Apple: Foxconn India factory accommodation and restaurant conditions are not up to standard, will ensure a comprehensive correction]
According to media reports on Wednesday, an Apple spokesman said some of the remote dormitories and restaurants provided by Foxconn for employees at its plant in Tamil Nadu, India, did not meet the standards. The spokesman said: "After the recent concerns about food safety and accommodation conditions at Foxconn's Sriperumbudur plant, we sent an independent auditor to conduct an additional detailed assessment. We have found that some of the accommodation and restaurant conditions in remote dormitories do not meet our requirements, and we are working with our suppliers to ensure that comprehensive corrective actions are implemented quickly. ”
[iQIYI Gong Yu: Online movie ticket prices have to rise, 6 yuan is too low]
On December 29, in the roundtable dialogue of the opening forum of the 2021 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Gong Yu, CEO of iQIYI, proposed that the business model of Internet movies must be innovative, and the original model has a ceiling, and more single-film on-demand can be tried. He also said, "The ticket price of the network (movie) has to rise, 6 yuan, too low!" ”
【NIO: Already evaluating the possibility of setting up captive insurance products】
In response to the latest new energy vehicle insurance provisions, NIO said that it is evaluating the possibility of establishing a DEDICATED insurance product for NIO, and there is no further communication information at present.
Events worth paying attention to in the US stock market time period (Beijing time)
December 29
23:00 US Complete House Signing Index for November
23:30 U.S. EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending Dec. 24 and U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventories for the week ending Dec. 24
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