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Retail Data, Stabilizing Bond Yields Give Stock Futures a Lift

Wall Street is eyeing a surprise pop in retail sales for June

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Jul 16, 2021 at 9:18 AM
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Stock futures are eyeing muted gains this morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) set for a quiet 59-point pop. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are looking to take back last night's losses, as reopening stocks strengthen and bond yields stabilize. The 10-year Treasury yield topped 1.3%, bolstered by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments before Senate noting inflation was much higher than expected. A better-than-anticipated 0.6% rise in retail and food service sales last month is also creating some tailwinds this morning, with the number handily topping the 0.4% decline expected by economists. 

Continue reading for more on today's market, including:

  • The blue-chip tech stock that looks primed for a bounce. 
  • Why bulls should bet big on the Zoom stock dip.
  • Plus, TAP reintroduces dividends; BNTX sees positive vaccine update; and MRNA joins the S&P 500. 

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5 Things You Need to Know Today

  1. The Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE) saw more than 1.8 million call contracts traded on Thursday, compared to over 1 million put contracts. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 0.59 and the 21-day moving average rose to 0.47.
  2. The shares of Molson Coors Beverage Co (NYSE:TAP) are up 1.9%, after the company said it would begin paying quarterly dividends again, after suspending dividend payments last May, as it dealt with the pandemic. The beer maker will begin with a scheduled payout of 34 cents per share on Sept. 17 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 30. TAP is up 12.9% in 2021. 
  3. BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) is up 1.9% in electronic trading, following news that its mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine was able to create 10 times more antibodies than China's inactivated virus-based jab, Sinovac, per a study published by a medical journal. BNTX is up an impressive 171.2% this year alone. 
  4. An announcement of the drugmaker Moderna Inc's (NASDAQ:MRNA) inclusion in the S&P 500, starting July 21, is causing shares to surge in pre-market trading -- up 7.3% at last check. The stock will replace Alexion Pharmaceuticals, which has just been acquired by AstraZenica (AZN). MRNA is up an impressive 223.7% in the past 12 months. 

  5. The week will wrap up with data on business inventories and the consumer sentiment index. 

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Asian Markets Eye BoJ Monetary Update

Markets in Asia were mostly lower today, with the exception of Hong Kong's Hang Seng, which ended with a mild 0.03% pop. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that it will hold steady on its monetary policy, and lowered its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to a 3.8% expansion for 2021 from the previous 4%. To follow, Japan's Nikkei ended the day with a 1% loss, while China's Shanghai Composite shed 0.7%, and the South Korean Kospi fell 0.3%.

In Europe, investors are eyeing the continued surge of Covid-19 cases due to the delta variant, as well as earnings. Euro zone consumer prices rose 1.9% in June compared to May’s 2% climb, revealing an inflation slow-down. At last check, London's FTSE 100 is up 0.03%, the French CAC 40 is down 0.6%, and the German DAX is 0.2% lower. 

 
 

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