Abstract:Bitcoin Breaks Above $40,000, Alaska Air Acquires Hawaiian Holdings, Spotify Announces Layoffs
Market Wrap
Stocks
U.S. stocks started the week lower after posting a five-week winning streak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11% to 36,204.
The S&P 500 dropped 0.54% to 4,569.
The Nasdaq 100 was down 0.99% to 15,839.
Sectors
Transportation (+0.67%), real estate (+0.54%), and consumer durables & apparel (+0.45%) stock sectors were market leaders.
Semiconductors (-1.67%), media (-1.45%), and software & services (-1.38%) sectors were laggards.
Companies
Alaska Air (ALK) sank 14.22% as the airline announced the acquisition of competitor Hawaiian Holdings (HA) for $1.9 billion.
Hawaiian Holdings (HA) soared 192.59%.
Spotify Technology (SPOT) climbed 7.46%.
Uber Technologies (UBER) rose 2.23%.
Builders FirstSource (BLDR) fell 1.74%.
Jabil Circuit (JBL) dropped 1.33%.
Riot Platforms (RIOT) jumped 8.93%.
Marathon Digital (MARA) up 8.47%.
MicroStrategy (MSTR) up 6.74%.
Coinbase Global (COIN) up 5.48%.
Carvana (CVNA) jumped 13.84%.
3M (MMM) gained 3.60%.
Commodities
Gold price hit an all-time high of $2,135 before retreating to $2,029.
U.S. WTI crude-oil futures slipped to $73.31 a barrel.
Forex
The U.S. dollar stabilized after losing for three straight weeks.
EUR/USD declined 49 pips to 1.0835.
USD/JPY rebounded 40 pips to 147.22.
GBP/USD retreated 79 pips to 1.2631.
AUD/USD fell 56 pips to 0.6619.
USD/CHF rose 36 pips to 0.8728.
USD/CAD increased 40 pips to 1.3537.
Bitcoin broke above $40,000 before running up to $42,000.
Analyst Views
Dow Jones (CME) Intraday: bullish bias. Pivot: 36190.00.
EUR/USD Intraday: key resistance at 1.0865. Pivot: 1.0865.
GBP/USD Intraday: under pressure. Pivot: 1.2665.
USD/JPY Intraday: bullish bias above 146.70. Pivot: 146.70.

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