5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, April 7

Here are the top news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:

US stock futures It was relatively stable on Thursday, as Wall Street tried to avoid a three-session losing streak. The Nasdaq Leading the sell-off over the past two days as Federal Reserve He began to cast a tighter tone – It fell 2.2 percent on Wednesday, a day after a decline of about 2.3 percent.

• After a number of Federal Reserve officials called for more aggressive tightening to fight inflation, the central bank called Minutes from the March meeting She noted a general agreement to cut its massive budget by $95 billion a month.
• The minutes also showed that Fed officials were considering raising interest rates by 50 basis points more than usual after increasing last month’s 25 basis points, the first increase in more than three years.

Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway’s subsidiary Berkshire Hathaway launched a major stake in technical hardware inventory HP Inc.to become the largest shareholder in the maker of computers and printers. Berkshire Purchase of approximately 121 million shares of HP, or approximately 11%, According to stock deposits, a share worth approximately $4.2 billion based on HP’s closing share price on Wednesday. That’s before a 15% jump in HP shares in the premier market Thursday after news broke hours after the closing bell. Berkshire has become more active in recent months, as it announced a deal to buy an insurance company the rich In exchange for $11.6 billion, the acquisition of shares in an energy company Occidental Petroleum.

seashells On Thursday, it said it would cancel between $4 and $5 billion after its withdrawal from Russia. The announcement offers a first glimpse into the potential financial impact of the Western oil giants who have exited Russia after provoking Moscow. Invasion of Ukraine. More details about the impact of ongoing developments in Ukraine will appear in Shell’s first-quarter earnings report on May 5, The company said. Shell previously estimated that cuts in Russia would amount to $3.4 billion. Last month, Shell was forced to apologize for its purchase of heavily discounted Russian oil, and later announced its withdrawal from Russia.

Ukraine on Thursday Appealed to NATO for more weapons in its war against Russia to help prevent further atrocities such as those reported in Bucha, outside Kyiv. Western countries provided Ukraine with portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, but were reluctant to supply planes, tanks, or any other equipment that required training in their use.

• Russian forces, failing to quickly capture the Ukrainian capital, regrouped to launch an offensive in eastern Ukraine, as early in their incursion Moscow recognized the Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states.

CNBC correspondents Yun LeeAnd the Jeff CoxAnd the Samantha SobinAnd the Hana MiuAnd the Jesse PoundAnd the Elliot Smith And the Silvia Amaro The Associated Press also contributed to this report.

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