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Good morning friends!
Futures are flat but lower as traders gear up for the final week of June.
Let’s get right to it!
Busier Week
This will be a busier week of economic data for traders after a quiet week last week.
Things kick off with the release of May durable goods orders Tuesday morning followed by the April S&P Case-Shiller home price index, May new home sales, and June consumer confidence later in the day.
On Wednesday, the main focus is Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech.
Thursday brings weekly jobless claims, the final Q1 GDP revision, and May pending home sales.
And Friday is the main event with the release of the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the core PCE price index for May.
Personal spending and income will also be released that morning plus consumer sentiment later.
Lucid Jumps On Aston Martin Partnership
Lucid Group (LCID) shares are rallying 9.7% ahead of the open after reaching a deal with luxury carmaker Aston Martin.
Lucid will take a 3.7% stake in Aston Martin in exchange for access to the electric carmaker’s “high performance” technology.
The agreement includes access to Lucid’s “electric powertrains and battery systems”.
Aston Martin will issue about 28.4 million new ordinary shares to Lucid Group and make cash payments totaling $232 million.
Tesla Slips After Goldman Sachs Downgrade
Tesla (TSLA) shares are down 1.6% in premarket trade after Goldman Sachs analysts became the latest to downgrade the stock.
Goldman downgrade TSLA to neutral from buy early this morning.
The group cited the difficult pricing environment for EV’s and the recent surge in the stock for that move.
In a note the analysts said, “We’re downgrading shares to neutral from buy, as we believe the stock now better reflects our positive long-term view of the company’s growth positioning.”
Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and DZ Bank all downgraded TSLA last week.
Oil Prices Rise
Oil prices are up this morning after a Russian coup attempt was abandoned over the weekend.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures are up 0.3% to over $69 bbl while Brent crude futures are up 0.5% to over $74 bbl.
An armed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin marched toward Moscow on Saturday in what appeared to be an attempted insurrection.
That prompted fears of further disruptions in the energy market until the rebellion was abruptly called off on Sunday.
