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Back to EpisodesPre-Market Report – Tuesday 17 March: US markets rally as oil falls - Meta to cull jobs - Trump not going to Beijing - SPI up 66 - RBA this afternoon
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Stocks rose on Monday, while oil prices pulled back as Wall Street tried to recover from another losing week, with investors monitoring the latest developments of the Iran war.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 387.94 points, or 0.83%, closing at 46,946.41. The S&P 500 rose 1.01% to end at 6,699.38, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.22% and settled at 22,374.18.
Meta shares gained more than 2% on a report — which the company has called “speculative” — that it is planning to lay off more than 20% of its workforce. Additionally, Nvidia shares rose more than 1% as its GTC conference kicked off Monday.
SPI up 66 – RBA in focus – Gold flat – Oil falls
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