U.S. bourse was soft on Wednesday, as the U.S. non-farm payrolls added 130,000 in January, well above forecast, with the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropping to 4.3%. The DJIA, which had hit record highs for three straight days, demonstrated a volatile trend, once up by 310 points to peak at 50,499 before closing down 66 points or 0.1% at 50,121. The Nasdaq closed down 36 points or 0.2% at 23,066. The S&P 500 closed nearly flat at 6,941.
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna (MRNA.US) saw its stock price lose by as much as 10%, with the full-day decline narrowing to 3.5%, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration refused to review its experimental flu vaccine mRNA-1010 application.
Among the "Magnificent Seven", Microsoft (MSFT.US) and Alphabet (GOOG.US) both dived over 2%. Nvidia (NVDA.US) inched up 0.8%. Tesla (TSLA.US) and Apple (AAPL.US) each rose 0.7%. Meta (META.US) dipped 0.3%.
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| SG Top Picks |
| Stock & Type |
Code |
Strike(Call Level) |
Last |
Effective Gearing |
| TSLA (C) |
11036 |
590 (-) |
0.265 |
5.9 X |
| TSLA (P) |
11037 |
435 (-) |
0.920 |
3.1 X |
| TSLA (P) |
10011 |
370 (-) |
0.104 |
10.5 X |
| APPLE (C) |
10079 |
320 (-) |
0.107 |
10.4 X |
| APPLE (P) |
11063 |
248 (-) |
0.240 |
4.8 X |
| APPLE (P) |
10793 |
210 (-) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Nvidia (C) |
10055 |
230 (-) |
0.073 |
9.1 X |
| Nvidia (C) |
11007 |
205 (-) |
0.300 |
4.9 X |
| Nvidia (P) |
10057 |
165 (-) |
0.104 |
6.5 X |
| META (C) |
10003 |
900 (-) |
0.038 |
14.8 X |
| META (P) |
10757 |
700 (-) |
0.900 |
6.7 X |
| MSFT (C) |
11006 |
550 (-) |
0.065 |
10.5 X |
| MSFT (P) |
10715 |
435 (-) |
0.540 |
8.5 X |
| MSFT (P) |
11064 |
390 (-) |
0.570 |
3.9 X |
| ALPBE (C) |
10080 |
360 (-) |
0.255 |
6.7 X |
| ALPBE (P) |
10012 |
230 (-) |
0.079 |
6.4 X |
