Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 34988.84 +422.67 +1.22%
SP500 S&P 500 4471.07 +69.40 +1.58%
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX         14139.757 +348.84 +2.53%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up on 422 points or 1.2%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.6% and the Nasdaq Composite 2.5%. 

Commodities, Oil settled at $92.07 on reports Russian forces are pulling back from Ukraine. Even so, oil giants, ExxonMobil and Chevron dipped. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
USO UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P.     64.280 -2.08 -3.13%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORP. 77.990 -0.99 -1.25%
CVX CHEVRON CORP. 134.26 -0.99 -0.73%

Corporate actions, Stocks on the move included Activision after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new stake of nearly 15 million shares purchased ahead of Microsoft's $69 billion takeover. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC. 81.52 +0.02 +0.02%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP. 300.47 +5.47 +1.85%

Intel is on a deal to buy  Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion. "This deal will enable Intel to offer a compelling breadth of leading-edge nodes and differentiated speciality technologies on mature nodes – unlocking new opportunities for existing and future customers in an era of unprecedented demand for semiconductors," said Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
INTC INTEL CORP. 48.44 +0.86 +1.81%
TSEM TOWER SEMI. 47.07 +13.94 +42.08%

Chipmakers Nvidia and AMD rose in tandem.


Ticker Security Last Change Change %
NVDA NVIDIA CORP. 264.95   +22.28 +9.18%
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC. 121.47 +7.20 +6.30%

Space travel, Shares of Virgin Galactic jumped 31% as the space giant begins to take reservations for trips. The starting cost: $150,000 to reserve a seat.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
SPCE VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC. 10.74 +2.60 +31.94%


SPOT MARKET  BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09:49  02-16-22


European Market, the European market by the hour sustain an upward swing in Tuesday trading as the fears of war between  Russia and Ukraine wanes. London's FTSE climbed 0.04% to 7,611.77, Germany's DAX  increased by 0.23% to 15,450.46 and France's CAC declined by 0.31% to 7,001.79. 

Asia Market, Asian stocks The investor's appetite remain mixed as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index retreated by 2.22% to
27,460.4, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also declined by 1.49% to 24,718.9, while China's Shanghai also increased by 0.57% to 3,465.83.

Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $43,718.58 by the hour and a maximum of $44,447.04 in 24 hours.












SOURCE: CNBC
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