Stock market averages (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) open Thursday's session largely flat in anticipation of Friday's Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data. The Morning Brief's Seana Smith and Brad Smith monitor this morning's sector action, namely the movements in the semiconductor industry, while Jared Blikre takes a look at Tesla (TSLA) and Amazon's (AMZN) market caps within the Nasdaq 100 (^NDX). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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