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Thursday, 27 January 2022: Another whipsaw session for US equity markets as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements
8 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2022 at 11:48 pm.
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Another whipsaw session for US equity markets as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve and the latest round of corporate earnings releases - Dow down -130-points or -0.38%, unwinding an earlier rally of over >500-points. The broader S&P500 slipped -0.15%. The Nasdaq eked out a +0.02% gain, with Microsoft Corp rising +2.85% following their solid fourth quarter result after the closing bell of Tuesday’s (25 January) session. Netflix Inc rose over >3.5% in after hours trading (following a -1.83% fall in the regular session) after Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman said his firm “recently” purchased more than 3.1M shares in the streaming giant, making it a top-20 holder of the stock. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -1.38%.