Tuesday 30, March 2021: US equity markets mixed amid concerns about potential spill-over effects after a large investment fund was forced

Mar 29, 2021 · 4m 58s
Tuesday 30, March 2021: US equity markets mixed amid concerns about potential spill-over effects after a large investment fund was forced
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US equity markets mixed amid concerns about the potential spill-over effects after a large investment fund was forced to liquidate massive holdings in stocks – Dow rose +98-points or +0.30%,...

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US equity markets mixed amid concerns about the potential spill-over effects after a large investment fund was forced to liquidate massive holdings in stocks – Dow rose +98-points or +0.30%, erasing an earlier -160-point loss to log its 17th record closing high (33,171.37) of 2021. Goldman Sachs Group Inc lost -0.51%. CNBC reported that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank facilitated the liquidation of Archegos Capital Management’s holdings in many of the Chinese internet names through unregistered trades The broader S&P500 dipped -0.09%, paring an earlier decline of as much as -0.8%. Energy (down -1.26%) and Financials (-0.93%) were the worst performing primary sectors, while Utilities (up 1.07%), Consumer Staples (+1.03%) and Communication Services (+1.02%) were the leading primary sector performers. ViacomCBS CI B (down 6.68%), Discovery Inc (-1.60%) and Baidu Inc (-1.87%) swung between losses and gains after intense selling pressure last week, with the companies among those roiled late last week by the forced liquidation of more than >$20B of positions linked to Archegos Capital Management. Southwest Airlines Co fell -0.54% after the airline placed 100 firm orders for the Boeing 737 Max 7 with the first 30 of those aircraft to be delivered in 2022. As part of an agreement with Boeing Co (up +2.31%), Southwest also converted 70 Max 8 firm orders to Max 7 firm orders and added 155 MAX options for MAX 7 or MAX 8 aircraft for years 2022 through 2029. The Nasdaq eased -0.60%. Applied Materials Inc fell -2.28% after the company said its agreement to purchase Kokusai Electric Corp was terminated because the company didn’t obtain approval for the deal by Chinese regulators in time. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index fell -2.83%.
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