US stock markets staged a swift rebound on Monday but with a decided quality tilt, with the Nasdaq gaining 1.9% as it recouped some of Friday’s losses.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) led the gains, up 5% and 2%.
Both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 also gained 0.7% and 1.3% after the oil price jumped over 2% on expectations that the Omicron variant may well be less serious than initially thought.
It is only early days but the virus has now shown up in at least 12 countries with governments on high alert.
Twitter CEO steps down
Shares in Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) were initially higher but faded during the session, falling 2.8% after founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced his departure from the company as he turns his focus to Square (NYSE: SQ) and Afterpay (ASX: APT).
Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will take over the CEO role as the company seeks to pivot to new opportunities.
Moderna jumps
Shares of COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) were over 11% higher on expectations the company would be able to quickly deliver an Omicron booster shot.
US stock market movers
Here’s how other popular US stocks performed on Monday.
- NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) up 5.9%
- Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) up 5.3%
- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) up 4.4%
- Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) down 4.5%
- Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) down 5.3%
Back home on the ASX, the S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) is tipped to push higher when the market opens this morning. For all the latest, check out my ASX 200 morning report.