Previous close | 4.4200 |
Open | 4.4220 |
Volume |
Day's range | 4.4200 - 4.4550 |
52-week range | 3.3450 - 4.9970 |
Avg. volume | 0 |
The Dow was struggling to hold onto its 40,000 milestone to start the day on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 23 points, or 0.1% in early Monday trading. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.2%.
Stocks such as AMC and GameStop are skyrocketing, completely divorced from news about the companies. Funds such as Citron Research and Melvin Capital lost billions in the last meme-stock frenzy. One of the reasons GameStop and AMC, along with the now-defunct Bed Bath & Beyond, became meme stocks in 2021 was out of nostalgia for their old-fashioned bricks-and-mortar existence in the face of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield dropped to its lowest in a month on Wednesday ahead of the release of closely watched U.S. inflation data. The 10-year Treasury yield dropped to as low as 4.418%, its lowest since April 10, and was last down 2 basis points at 4.424%. U.S. consumer price data is due at 1230 GMT and will drive near-term Federal Reserve policy, and hence Treasuries.