FOX Business’ Stuart Varney and Susan Li on Monday’s markets, earnings, health care stocks and cryptocurrencies.
U.S. stock indexes ticked higher Tuesday morning as the Senate readied to vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 12 points, or 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index advanced 0.06% and 0.15%, respectively.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I:DJI | DOW JONES AVERAGES | 35138.78 | +36.93 | +0.11% |
| SP500 | S&P 500 | 4437.87 | +5.52 | +0.12% |
| I:COMP | NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX | 14877.496013 | +17.32 | +0.12% |
The Senate will on Tuesday morning likely pass the bipartisan infrastructure package that would provide funding for repairing roads and bridges, among other things.
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However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said the lower chamber of Congress will not vote on the bill unless the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure package also passes in the Senate, where Democrats have pledged to use the budget reconciliation process to circumvent a Republican filibuster. Doing so would allow Senate Democrats to pass the bill with 50 votes.
In stocks, infrastructure-linked names, including Caterpillar Inc., Fluor Corp. and Martin Marietta Materials Inc., were in focus ahead of the infrastructure vote.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT | CATERPILLAR, INC. | 209.28 | +0.48 | +0.23% |
| FLR | FLUOR CORP. | 17.09 | -0.04 | -0.26% |
| MLM | MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. | 371.81 | +2.72 | +0.74% |
Elsewhere, Tesla Inc. sold 32,968 China-made vehicles in July, a 69% decline from the prior month, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Nearly 74%, or 24,347 vehicles, were exported out of China.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA | TESLA, INC. | 704.96 | -8.80 | -1.23% |
In earnings, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. reported quarterly earnings and revenue that exceeded Wall Street estimates as moviegoers flooded back into theaters following more than a year of closures. The movie theater chain announced it would begin accepting bitcoin before the end of the year.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMC | AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC | 36.15 | +2.37 | +7.01% |
In deals, Canada Pacific Railway Ltd. raised its offer for Kansas City Southern to $300 per share in cash and stock, representing an enterprise value of about $31 billion.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSU | KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN | 288.97 | +18.56 | +6.86% |
| CP | CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. | 71.96 | -0.73 | -1.00% |
In commodities, West Texas Intermediate crude oil jumped 78 cents to $67.26 a barrel and gold rose $2.20 to $1,728.60 an ounce.
Overseas markets were broadly higher.
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In Europe, Germany’s DAX 30 and France’s CAC 40 ticked up 0.27% and 0.13%, respectively, while Britain’s FTSE 100 was little changed.
Asian bourses rallied across the board with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 0.24%, China’s Shanghai Composite climbing 1.01% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gaining 1.23%.
