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U.S. stock futuresMonday’s trading session was a tough one, with tech stocks being battered due to rising bond yields. This is the The NasdaqA four-session losing streak ended Friday with the worst damage occurring last Wednesday. For the weekIn its worst weekly performance in a week since February 20,21, tech-heavy index fell 4.5% This is the S&P 500The index also tracked Monday for a 5-session losing streak. Last week, the index dropped 1.9%.  This is the Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe index, which had dropped for three straight sessions, was down 0.3% last week. The Dow and S&P 500 both hit record closing highs early last week.

Bond yields ticked higherMonday with the benchmark 10-year yieldTrading at 1.77%, after reaching a record high on Friday of 1.8% back in January 2020. Goldman Sachs anticipates that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates from their near-zero levels. four times this yearInflation rises while unemployment decreases. Minutes from the December Fed meeting revealed talks about a balancesheet reduction, as well as signalling rate increases and an acceleration of tapering. Jerome Powell, Fed Chairman, will be testifying Tuesday before a Senate panel.

In the week aheadOn Wednesday and Thursday, the wholesale and consumer inflation reports will be out. While economists anticipate another strong month in both consumer and wholesale inflation readings, some economists think that inflation could be near its peak. November’s CPI headline reading was 6.8%. This is the highest CPI since 1982. Friday’s retail sales figures are available. With the start of earnings season, Delta Air LinesThursday’s quarterly results JPMorgan Chase, CitigroupAnd Wells FargoFreitag

Take-Two InteractiveIt announced Monday that it would buy a mobile gaming company ZyngaIn a cash and stock deal with an enterprise value close to $12.7 billion,. Take-Two announced it would purchase all Zynga shares at $9.86 each share. This is 64% more than Friday’s closing, which was largely reflected by Monday’s premarket trades. The premarket saw Take-Two shares fall approximately 10% It is anticipated that the deal will close before June ends.

LululemonStocks came under pressureAfter the apparel retailer and manufacturer announced Monday morning, earnings and revenue will be at the lower end of the estimates for fiscal fourth quarter. It blamed staff shortages, shortened hours and increased Covid case numbers in the U.S. for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings. In premarket trading, the stock fell more than 7%.

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