- US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday after Congress $4 that includes $900 billion in new stimulus.
- The package, which also funds the government through September 30, includes $600 direct payments, $300 in additional federal unemployment benefits, and aid for small businesses.
- The fresh fiscal support locked horns with concerns around a new strain of COVID-19 in the UK. The variant's emergence prompted several European nations to enact travel restrictions on UK visitors.
- Oil futures fell as investors viewed the new virus strain as a risk to near-term energy demand. $4 fell as much as 2.4%, to $46.60 per barrel.
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US equities closed mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed Monday's stimulus vote against the emergence of a new coronavirus strain in the UK.
Congress $4 after months of negotiations over additional fiscal support. The bill, which includes $900 billion in new stimulus, funds the government through September 30. The package also includes $600 direct payments, $300 in additional federal unemployment benefits, and funds for the Paycheck Protection Program.
Here's where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. ET market close on Tuesday:
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The White House has indicated President Donald Trump will sign the bill. Economists have largely backed additional fiscal support, though the slowed pace of economic recovery and rising COVID-19 cases still present sizeable risks.
"The $900 billion fiscal aid package is months late and will likely fall short of what is needed to prevent a rough winter, but it's better than nothing," Gregory Daco, chief US economist at Oxford Economics, said, adding the measure will "partially buffer the current economic slowdown" while vaccines are distributed.
Enthusiasm toward the new fiscal support was somewhat offset by reports of a new COVID-19 variant in the UK. Several European countries implemented travel restrictions on UK visitors to slow its spread.
Fears were somewhat allayed later in the day after public health experts said Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are likely effective against the new strain. Still, the new restrictions and virus fears threaten to tamper down on already weakened economic activity.
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Economic indicators also flashed some warning signs. US consumer confidence $4 this month as surging COVID-19 cases and stricter lockdown measures offset a slight improvement in Americans' long-term outlooks, Conference Board said Tuesday. The organization's sentiment gauge fell to 88.6 from 92.9, while economists expected a jump to 97.
The tech and real estate sectors outperformed, while communications-service and energy stocks lagged.
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$4 after the company inked a deal to buy exercise-equipment company Precor for $420 million. Peloton plans to use Precor's facilities to boost its manufacturing capacity and cut down on its order backlog.
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$4 rose back above $23,000 after $4 on Monday. The cryptocurrency faced pressure after the US Treasury proposed rules that would require exchanges to collect information from users who transfer more than $10,000 to a crypto wallet.
$4 erased early gains and fell as much as 1%, to $1,858.97 per ounce, at intraday lows. The US dollar strengthened against all of its Group-of-10 peers and Treasury yields dipped.
Oil prices fell amid fears that the new COVID-19 strain will further cut into demand. $4 dropped as much as 2.4%, to $46.60 per barrel. $4, oil's international benchmark, declined 2.7%, to $49.56 per barrel, at intraday lows.
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