Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:
1. Talking it out
The major stock indexes saw modest moves Monday in light of trade talks between the world’s two largest economies. The talks in London between the United States and China were set to continue Tuesday, raising hopes for an agreement. The S&P 500 gained a modest 0.09%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.31% for the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, lost 1.11 points. Follow live market updates.
2. Apple’s not far from the tree
Apple announces liquid glass during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 09, 2025 in Cupertino, California.
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Apple unveiled a slew of software updates for consumers at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, but had relatively few splashy announcements. The tech giant’s biggest update was a new operating system called “Liquid Glass” that will change the way Apple devices, from iPhones to Macs, will look and is the first major change since 2013. The new OS will be available to all consumers in the fall after testing. Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.
3. Less inflated
Carol Flood, left, and her sister, Judy Naper, load grocery items after shopping at an Amazon Fresh on Dempster Street on May 2, 2025, in Morton Grove, Illinois.
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4. A shot in the dark
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025.
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5. Defense disruptors
The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.Â
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— CNBC’s Pia Singh, Jesse Pound, Kif Leswing, Jordan Novet, Samantha Subin, Annika Kim Constantino, Kate Rooney, Julia Boorstin and Ian Thomas contributed to this report.
