Strategy Drops 9% Early as US Stocks Open Lower on Middle East Tensions
Summary
- The three major US stock indexes opened lower together on Middle East tensions.
- Strategy (MSTR) plunged 9%% in early trading after news of its sale of 32 Bitcoin.
- Strategy's first public Bitcoin sale suggested a possible shift in its long-term holding strategy and weighed on investor sentiment.
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US stocks opened lower as tensions in the Middle East weighed on sentiment. Strategy (MSTR) sank 9% in early trading after reports that it sold part of its Bitcoin holdings.
BlockBeats reported on June 1 that all three major US stock indexes opened in the red on Middle East-related developments. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.19%.
AI chip stocks bucked the broader weakness. Nvidia (NVDA) rose 2.7% and Microsoft (MSFT) gained 3% after the companies jointly unveiled an RTX Spark PC chip based on Arm architecture. The announcement prompted views that Nvidia is making a full-scale push into the core processor market for personal computers.
Arm (ARM) jumped 8.8%, while Intel (INTC) fell 6.6%. Memory-related shares also advanced. Micron Technology (MU) rose more than 5%, lifting the stock above $1,000, and SanDisk (SNDK) gained 3.4%.
Strategy was down 9% in early trading. The company reportedly sold 32 Bitcoin last week at an average price of $77,135.
While the sale was limited relative to Strategy's total holdings, it appeared to weigh on investor sentiment because it marked the company's first publicly disclosed Bitcoin sale after long emphasizing a buy-and-hold strategy.
Minseung Kang
minriver@bloomingbit.ioBlockchain journalist | Writer of Trade Now & Altcoin Now, must-read content for investors.
