Before the Bell | Pfizer asks FDA to authorize second covid-19 booster dose

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Mar 16, 2022 05:18

Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:

- Stock futures were higher in early morning trading after the major indexes rallied and oil prices tumbled below $100 a barrel ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting.

- Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have filed an application for vaccinating people 65 years and older.

Market Snapshot

Stock futures were higher in early morning trading after the major indexes rallied and oil prices tumbled below $100 a barrel ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ climbed 282 points, while $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ futures rose 1.04% and $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ futures jumped 1.64%.

Source: Bloomberg

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