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US mid-day: Wall Street closer to a losing week

By Joseph Toppe

17:41, 17 December 2021

The corner of Wall Street and Broadway in New York
Wall Street may be headed toward a losing week - Photo: Unsplash

Despite a late afternoon rally following the US Federal Reserve’s meeting on Wednesday, the major US benchmarks have stayed down this week.

Halfway through the session on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was around 470 points lower, or 1.3%, the S&P 500 was off near 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite is down about 0.3% after briefly hitting positive territory.

For the week, the Nasdaq is off nearly 3%, while the Dow and S&P are both more than 1% lower.

Winners and losers: Tech stocks limp into Friday

Shares of FedEx are around 5% higher following quarterly earnings and revenue results exceeding expectations. The company also reinstated its original 2022 EPS forecast.

As increasing Omicron cases pop up around the US, shares of Pfizer are down near 3.04%, shares of Johnson & Johnson are around 2.5% lower, while shares of Moderna are spiking nearly 2.88%.

In tech stocks, shares of Apple dropped nearly 1.0%, shares of Meta Platforms are 0.16% lower, and shares of Microsoft are trading down 1.06%, while shares of Amazon are heading the other way at around 0.39%.

In retail, shares of Walmart are around 1.36% off as shares of Costco have dropped nearly 0.43%.

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Oil: Crude prices fall, energy shares follow

Oil futures are lower to end the week with Brent crude, the international benchmark, falling 2% to $73.50 (£55.44) a barrel.

HK50

16,424.50 Price
+0.170% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0260%
Short position overnight fee 0.0040%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 30.0

US100

15,822.90 Price
-0.200% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0263%
Short position overnight fee 0.0041%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 1.8

DE40

16,651.50 Price
+0.800% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0221%
Short position overnight fee -0.0001%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 1.5

US500

4,558.70 Price
-0.120% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0263%
Short position overnight fee 0.0041%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.7

In energy stocks, shares of Exxon Mobil are almost 1.5% off, shares of ConocoPhillips are about 3% lower, while shares of Hess and Diamondback Energy are trading down nearly 3.56% and 2.16% respectively.

In other energy stock, shares of Chevron are almost 1.7% lower.

Gold: Yellow metal hits highwater mark

Gold futures are higher again on Friday and on pace to notch their highest settlement in almost a month.

February gold is up $10.30, or 0.6%, to reach $1,808.50 an ounce.

Forex: US buck gains a step back on euro

On Friday, one US dollar equals 0.89 of the euro, after falling to 0.88 yesterday.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note sank to 1.3772% Friday from 1.422% Thursday.

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Markets in this article

AMZN
Amazon.com Inc (Extended Hours)
145.31 USD
-1.34 -0.910%
AAPL
Apple Inc (Extended Hours)
192.68 USD
-0.59 -0.310%
CVX
Chevron
142.84 USD
-0.05 -0.040%
CVX
Chevron
142.84 USD
-0.05 -0.040%
COP
ConocoPhillips
110.79 USD
-2.56 -2.260%

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