by Tyler Durden
Monday, May 17, 2021 - 07:58 AM
US equity futures and European stocks dipped in a quiet overnight session to start the week amid renewed concerns about rising inflation and a spike in Covid-19 cases in parts of the world. Gold briefly reached a three-month high, while oil and the dollar were little changed; 10Y TSY yields rose after dropping earlier in the session.
At 715am ET, Dow e-minis were down 125 points, or 0.36%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 17 points, or 0.39%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 46 points, or 0.34%, reversing much of Friday’s rebound.
Wall Street s main indexes rebounded on Thursday and Friday as investors picked up beaten-down stocks following a pullback earlier in the week on concerns around inflation and a possible tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve. However, the mood reversed on Monday with travel, oil & gas and industrials the weakest sectors, while telecoms and autos were strong. Shares of Discovery jumped 12.5% in premarket tradin
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline Plc reported positive results from a mid-stage study, offering optimism their delayed Covid-19 vaccine could be cleared by the end of the year.
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Madrasahs and Islamic education classes in Singapore to shift online from May 19: Muis
Muis said Islamic education centres and providers must shift all learning programmes online during the heightened alert period.FILE PHOTO: MADRASAH AL-MAARIF
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17 May 2021 04:30PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Twenty-one COVID-19 community cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Monday (May 17), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
Ten cases were linked to previous infections, while 11 had no links to other cases. Six of the 21 cases had been placed on quarantine earlier, said the ministry.
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There were also seven imported cases, who had already been placed on stay-home notice upon their arrival in Singapore.