By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures moved slightly higher in early APAC deals on Tuesday, partially recouping losses in the previous session amid fears of slowing economic growth and further contagion from the coronavirus Delta variant after CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky noted that the weekly average daily Covid cases reached 72,790 last Friday, surpassing last year’s highs of 68,700.
During Monday’s regular trade, The Dow fell 97.31 points or 0.28% to 34831.16, easing from fresh intraday records, while the S&P 500 lost 8.12 points or 0.18% to 4387.15. Meantime, the Nasdaq Composite closed 8.39 points or 0.06% higher to 14681.07.
Among stocks, Square (NYSE:SQ) surged 10.16% in regular trade after announcing a deal to buy Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT), while reporting solid Q2 earnings. Meantime, Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) jumped nearly 6.23% after hours following a stronger-than-expected quarterly report.
On the bond markets, US-10 year Treasury bond yields neared fresh 6-month lows of 1.181%.