- Dow set to bounce after its worst weekly loss since October.
- Bitcoin drops as China expands crypto mining crackdown.
(June 21) US equity futures and global stocks recovered some of their Friday losses after hitting a four-week low earlier in Monday's session, as investors dipped their toe and bought risk after last week’s surprise hawkish shift by the Fed even as the dollar hovered below a 10-week high. S&P 500 futures rebounded after spending most of the Asia session in the red, while Europe's Stoxx 600 Index also recovered from an earlier loss, with U.K. grocer Wm Morrison Supermarkets surging 32% after rejecting an unsolicited takeover bid, sending shares of peers Tesco Plc and J Sainsbury Plc higher.
At 7:55AM ET the Dow futures contract was up just 185 points, or 0.55%, S&P 500 futures traded 17 points, or 0.41%, higher, and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 46.5 points, or 0.33%.
"It just looks like a bit of relief rally following last week’s heavy sell-offs,” said MUFG analyst Lee Hardman. “Market participants will be watching closely comments from Fed officials in the week ahead to see if any push back against hawkish market repricing following last week’s FOMC meeting”
While meme stocks were once again bid, cryptocurrency-exposed stocks tumbled in U.S. premarket after Bitcoin crashed over the weekend and into Monday amid a fresh crackdown by China whose digital yuan is proving to be a total disaster so far, prompting Beijing to take out its anger on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin dropped 10%, sliding below $33,000 amid weakening appetite for riskier assets and China ordered payment platform Alipay and domestic banks to not provide services linked to trading of virtual currencies. The Chinese city of Ya’an was said to have started a crackdown on crypto mining firms.
As a result, Cryptocurrency-exposed stocks slumped: Riot Blockchain (RIOT) plunged 6.5% in premarket trading and Marathon Digital (MARA) drops 7%, while Coinbase (COIN) slips 2.3% and Ebang (EBON) declines 4.4%. Here are some other notable pre-movers today:
- Luokung Technology (LKCO) climbs nearly 14% after announcing its eMapgo Technologies unit won a contract to provide a traffic control network in China’s Jiangxi Province.
- Raven Industries surges 48% after the Agnelli family’s CNH Industrial agreed to buy the U.S. precision agriculture-technology company for about $2.1 billion.
- Torchlight Energy Resources (TRCH) jumped as much as 63% after the stock was touted on Reddit as a potential short squeeze. Other meme stocks also climbed: AMC Entertainment (AMC) advances 3.4% and GameStop (GME) gains 1.8%, while Clover Health (CLOV) rises 1%.
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: MicroStrategy, Coinbase, Raven Industries & more
1) MicroStrategy(MSTR) – MicroStrategy shares tumbled 8.7% in premarket trading amid a slide in bitcoin prices following the expansion ofChina’s crackdown on bitcoin mining. The business analytics company is among the biggest corporate investors in bitcoin, with several billion dollars in holdings on its books.
2) Coinbase(COIN) – The cryptocurrency platform’s stock slid 3% in premarket action, also hit by the drop in cryptocurrencies amid the latest actions by the Chinese government.
3) Raven Industries(RAVN) – Raven agreed to be bought by fellow agricultural equipment makerCNH Industrial(CNHI) for $58 per share, or $2.1 billion, compared to Raven’s Friday close of $38.62 per share. The stock soared 49.7% in premarket trading.
4) ZipRecruiter(ZIP) – The jobs website operator’s shares rose 2.8% in the premarket after Goldman Sachs rated it “buy” in new coverage and Evercore began coverage with a rating of “outperform.” The upbeat assessments cite ZipRecruiter’s growth prospects and ability to disrupt the employment market.
5) HSBC(HSBC) – HSBC sold its French retail bank to private-equity firm Cerberus Capital for 1 euro, and expects to book a $3 billion loss after unloading the unprofitable operation.
6) Pershing Square Tontine Holdings(PSTH) – The SPAC controlled by billionaire investor Bill Ackmanfinalized a dealto buy a 10% stake in Universal Music from Vivendi. The deal values Universal Music – the world’s largest music company – at about $40 billion. Shares gained 1.1% in the premarket.
7) GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) – Glaxo is set to cut its dividend, according to a report in the U.K.’s Daily Mail newspaper. The drugmaker will hold an investor event on Wednesday, and the paper said a cut of as much as 50% will be revealed at that meeting.
8) Tesla(TSLA) – Former Tesla executive Jerome Guillen sold about $274 million in Tesla shares since June 10, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Guillen left Tesla earlier this month after 11 years, most recently running the company’s Tesla Heavy Trucking unit.
9) American Airlines(AAL) – American Airlineswill cut planned flights for the first half of Julyby about 950 flights, or 1%, to relieve strains on its operations as it deals with the sharp rebound in travel demand.
10) Westlake Chemical(WLK) – Westlake will buy the North American building products business of Australia’s Boral for $2.15 billion. Westlake said the acquisition will boost its presence in products like roofing and siding, and that it will be accretive to earnings during the first year.
11) Amazon.com(AMZN) – Amazon’stwo-day Prime Day eventis underway, the first time the event has been held in June. A number of other major retailers – includingWalmart(WMT),Target(TGT),Kohl’s(KSS),Macy’s(M) andCostco(COST) are holding competing sales events this week.
12) Boston Beer(SAM) – Guggenheim repeated its “buy” recommendation on the Sam Adams beer brewer, and elevated it to “top pick” status. Guggenheim notes a depressed valuation, easier retail comps beginning in June and underappreciated growth prospects for the Truly hard seltzer brand.
Big News
1、Prime Day begins as retail faces supply chain disruptions
Amazon’s Prime Daykicked off Mondayafter the e-commerce giant delayed its massive summer sale to October last year due to the pandemic. Prime Day 2020 pulled in $10.4 billion, according to Digital Commerce 360, a 45% increase from the prior year’s two-day event. This year’s Prime Day comes as retail industry grapples with widespread global supply chain disruptions, caused in part by the ripple effects of pandemic-mandated factory closures as well as labor shortages. A recent Covid outbreak in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has compounded the problem.
2、American Airlines cancels another hundred flights Monday
As travel demand surges toward pre-pandemic levels,American Airlinescanceled another hundred flights Monday afterscrapping hundreds over the weekenddue to staffing shortages, maintenance and other issues. American said it’s trimming its overall schedule by about 1% through mid-July to help ease some of the strain on its operations. The carrier blamed some of the recent problems on scheduling complications stemming from bad weather at its Charlotte and Dallas/Fort Worth hubs during the first half of June. American is also racing to train all of the pilots it furloughed in between two federal aid packages that prohibited layoffs as well as aviators due for periodic recurrent training.