Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its longest losing streak since 1978, and what’s on the radar for the next session. The Dow The 30-stock Dow is now down nine days straight. It is down 3.5% since then. The biggest drag is UnitedHealth . It is down 20.5% in nine days. Sherwin-Williams is down 7.5% in that time period. Chevron is down 6.5% in that time period. Boeing is up 9.3% in nine days. Apple is up 4.3% in nine days. Microsoft is up 3.8% in nine days. Apple is up 6% in that time period. The S & P 500 is flat in those nine days, and the Nasdaq Composite is up 3% in that period. UNH 5D mountain UnitedHealth in the past five days Sector check As the Dow has dropped this month, here are the top S & P 500 sectors. Consumer discretionary is up 9.5% in December. Communication services is up about 7.3% in December. Tech is up 3.8% in December. The other eight sectors are all down this month, with energy at the very bottom. Salesforce This Dow component is up 6.4% so far in December. You’ll hear from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Wednesday on ” Squawk on the Street .” CRM 1M mountain Salesforce over the past month Mega cap options CNBC TV’s Kate Rooney will report on an expanding trend for big-cap tech. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) is up 2.86% in two days and 15.4% in a month. The ETF is made up of the seven megacap giants: Amazon , Alphabet , Apple , Meta Platforms , Nvidia , Microsoft and Tesla . Tesla is up about 50% in a month. Amazon is up 14% in a month. Alphabet is up 13.3% in a month. Apple is up 12.7% in a month. Meta is up 11.8% in a month. Microsoft is up 9.5% in a month. Nvidia is down 8% in a month. Mastercard The company is buying back $12 billion worth of stock. Mastercard is also hiking the dividend to 76 cents a share from 66 cents a share. There isn’t a lot of movement for the shares after hours. The stock hit a high last week and is down 1% since then. In the last month, the stock is pretty flat. Thanks to CNBC’s Brianna Bernath for keeping tabs on the stock. MA 1M mountain Mastercard shares in the past month General Mills Earnings from General Mills come out before the bell. CNBC stock man Tom Rotunno reports the stock is pretty flat in 2024 and is down 11% in the past three months. Shares have fallen over the past three months partly because of inflationary pressures that dented its results in its September quarterly report. Last week, Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from hold. We will be watching on Wednesday. Starbucks Wednesday marks 100 days since Brian Niccol took over as CEO of the coffee chain on Sept. 9. Starbucks is up 1% since he took over. There was a big pop when it was announced he was taking over, but things have cooled since then. Coffee the commodity is up 38% in that same time period. The Federal Reserve The Fed’s big decision on interest rates comes in at 2 p.m., Eastern. Here’s a look at yields in bonds and bond ETFs leading into the announcement. The 10-year Treasury note is yielding 4.39%. The two-year Treasury is yielding 4.24% The one-year Treasury bill is yielding 4.26%. The six-month T-bill is yielding 4.32% The three-month T-bill is yielding 4.35%. The one-month T-bill is yielding 4.37%. The Fidelity Corporate Bond ETF (FCOR) is yielding 4.22%. The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ( HYG) is yielding 5.91%. The SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is yielding 6.57%. The iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (SHYG) is yielding 6.81%. Canada vs. the U.S. The U.S. dollar is getting stronger against those Canadian loonies and toonies. The greenback is up almost 6% against the Canadian dollar since the end of September. Since the election, it is up 3.5%. The iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC) is down 3.6% in a week. Thanks to CNBC’s Adrian van Hauwermeiren for looking north.
