Morgans AM: Friday 07 June 2024

Morgans Financial Limited

US equity markets settled little changed ahead of the release of the key non-farm payrolls figures tonight AEST - Dow added +79-points or +0.20%, with Amazon.com Inc (up +2.05%) and Salesforce Inc (+2.63%) rising over >2%. The broader S&P500 dipped -0.02%, with Utilities (1.03%), Industrials (-0.60%) and Information Technology (-0.47%) settling in the red. Consumer Discretionary (up +0.97%) and Energy (+0.55%) both climbed over >0.50%. PayPal Inc rallied +5.49%, logging its largest single-day percentage increase since 19 January, after striking a bullish tone at an investor conference and as investors become more positive on the company’s new Fastline product. Uber Technologies Inc gained +4.68% after competitor Lyft Inc (+1.03%) offered an optimistic forecast for future bookings at its first investor day.