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    Stocks tumble, housing hits the skids, Musk’s Twitter meeting: LIVE UPDATES

    Developing Story

    Dow sinks by triple digits

    Symbol Price Change %Change
    NKE $107.30 -6.35 -5.59%
    AXP $139.01 -7.17 -4.90%
    CVX $156.70 -7.69 -4.68%

    WMT
    $121.40 +2.03 +1.70%
    PG $133.84 +1.38 +1.04%

    Dow Jones Averages.

    $

    29988.49

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell as much as 900 points before easing slightly with leading decliners Nike, American Express and Chevron, while Walmart and Procter & Gamble held up.

    Breaking News

    Elon Musk talks to Twitter employees

    Elon Musk, in his all hands meeting with Twitter, employees addressed a few top priorities, per reports…

    Elon Musk is not concerned with being CEO of the company

    He wants to hit 1 billion users

    There needs to be a “rationalization” of headcount

    Advertising is “very important” for the company

    Source: Reuters 

    Housing headwinds mount

    Housing starts and permits, signs of future growth, fell sharply in May signaling a sharper downturn facing homebuilders in the coming months.

    Starts: -14.4% to 1.549M

    Permits: -7% to 1.695M

    Breaking News

    Stocks tumble post Fed rally

    Symbol Price Change %Change
    I:DJI $29,993.43 -675.10 -2.20%
    SP500 $3,693.00 -96.99 -2.56%
    I:COMP $10,772.79 -326.37 -2.94%

    U.S. stocks fell across the board as the post Fed rate hike rally faded and investors returned their attention to recession fears. New data on housing starts and permits showed a sharp pullback signaling a potentially steeper slowdown for homebuilders. In commodities, oil slipped to the $112 level. 

    Futures at a glance

    U.S. equity futures are substantially lower in premarket trading on Thursday
    , a day after the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates by 75 basis points.

    Meanwhile, oil prices are lower, with West Texas Intermediate crude futures trading at $114 a barrel while Brent crude is trading at around $117 per barrel.

    Stock futures plunge following post-Fed decision rally

    U.S. equity futures fell Thursday morning as the
    post-Fed decision
    relief rally paused. Stock traders will be watching economic data such as jobless claims and housing starts that could influence trading.

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    Bitcoin continues downward trend

    Bitcoin traded above $21,000 after falling in the overnight hours to a low of $20,111. Bitcoin enters Thursday on a nine-day losing streak, dropping more than 30% during that streak. The cryptocurrency is off
    more than 30% for the month and down more than 53% year-to-date. Ether traded around $1,100 and Dogecoin was at 5 cents.

    Gas price slides

    The price of a gallon of regular gasoline slipped slightly Thursday morning to $5.009, according to AAA. The price on Wednesday was $5.014. Gas hit an historic milestone over the weekend reaching $5 a gallon. Diesel rose to a record at $5.786 up from $5.78.

    Oil prices see-saw

    Oil traded choppy Thursday following a steep drop in the prior session, supported by tight oil supply and peak summer consumption, after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.

    U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed to $115 a barrel. Brent crude futures rose to $119 a barrel.

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