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By Liz Moyer
Investing.com — U.S. stocks opened lower and oil prices rebounded as investors worried about slowing global growth and looked ahead to earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet (NASDAQ:).
At 9:45 AM ET, the fell 280 points or 0.8%, while the fell 0.9% and the fell 1.5%.
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:) stock fell 1.7% in early trading a day after the social media company accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion take-private offer, though analysts and investors were still trying to work out the longer-term implications of his ownership on the platform.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) and Alphabet Inc. Class C (NASDAQ:), which report after the closing bell tonight, kick off a week of big tech earnings, with Twitter coming later as well as Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:).
One-third of the S&P 500 stocks will report results this week.
In economic news, rose 0.8% last month, falling slightly below the expectation for 1% growth but a rebound from February’s decline of 1.7%.
Oil also staged a comeback after slumping on Monday. An outbreak of Covid-19 in China’s capital of Beijing spooked traders yesterday on fears of more lockdowns. Those fears remain, but oil rose on Tuesday, with up 1.3% to $99.86, and crude up 1.6% to $103.84. rose 1.8% to $1911/oz.
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