Weekend News Roundup – Newsquawk Daily Asia-Pac Market Open

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US stocks were hit hard on Friday, with the Nasdaq-100 the clear laggard, falling more than 4% as technology stocks remained under pressure. Broadcom (AVGO) extended losses following its earnings report earlier in the week, while additional weakness came after the FT reported that Meta (META) is considering raising tens of billions of dollars through a stock offering. As a result, Technology was the clear sectoral laggard, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services. However, the main macro driver of the session was the stronger-than-expected US jobs report, which set the tone for trading throughout the day and spurred Fed…

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