Shares of Lemonade, an digital insurance company, soared more than 138% in its Thursday market debut.
The company’s stock opened at $50.06 after pricing at $29 per share Wednesday.
Lemonade offers insurance to renters and homeowners with the use of artificial intelligence and chatbots.
Last week, major U.S. indices recorded their best quarter in decades. The Dow Jones closed up 17.77% on June 30 to notch its best three months since 1987. The S&P 500 ended up 19.95%, a high not seen since 1998. The Nasdaq finished higher by 30.63%, its greatest gain since 1999.
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Under the new legislation, many of Hong Kong’s protests that took place last year would be punishable by law.
It gives Beijing greater control on the city and has already had an impact on the protest movement, with prominent activist Joshua Wong resigning and withdrawing from his pro-democracy party.
U.S. stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading and pointed to gains at the open on Tuesday, the final trading day of a volatile month for stocks.
Dow futures rose 20 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 were also set to open higher, with gains of 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively.
Fights broke out between groups outside Waterloo station, with fireworks thrown before police cordoned off areas.
On a nearby bridge, stones were lobbed at police. Sporadic skirmishes continued in parts of the city centre.
“Racist thuggery has no place on our streets,” Johnson said on Twitter. “Anyone attacking our police will be met with the full force of the law.”
Shares in Asia Pacific mostly traded higher Wednesday morning.
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that parts of the U.S. are beginning to see a “disturbing surge” of Covid-19 cases.
Fauci did also say, however, that states with growing coronavirus outbreaks may not need to do an “absolute shutdown.” More than 2 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus so far, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
In a report, Allianz noted that 9 million workers in Europe, or 20% of those currently enrolled in short-work schemes, risk becoming unemployed in 2021.
This is because they mostly work for sectors that will take a while to recover, such as transportation, tourism, entertainment and retail.
The net short position in E-mini S&P 500 futures is growing and is now at a level it was last at in 2011.
The short position could be a contrarian signal for the market, meaning stocks could keep rising.
However, one analyst says the theory that the herd mentality is wrong and stocks could go higher anyway may not work this time.
“I find the biggest disconnect that we’ve ever seen in my 35-year history of watching Wall Street between fundamentals of the economy and the stock market,” he told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “Markets need to be markets, and we can’t have that kind of intervention.”
