FAANG stocks fail to shine last week despite NASDAQ’s jump; 3 of the 5 big tech shares tumble

The holiday-shortened previous week saw the NASDAQ index gain 1% overall, after having suffered a steep fall during the initial hours of trade on Monday morning. The star constituents of the index — the FAANG stocks — witnessed a mixed bag of a week, with some gaining and others losing. So far this year, FAANG stocks have gained 50% on average, outperforming the benchmark NASDAQ index. Apple has been the best stock so far this year among the big-tech names that make up the FAANG stock list.

Facebook in the previous week registered a 3.3% fall as it failed to recover after Monday’s fall and only added to the losses. At the end of the trading session Thursday, the stock was quoting a price of $267.4 per share. During the week, reports claimed that Facebook has shut one of its intellectual property units in Ireland. The unit was claimed to be a tax-saving mechanism used by the social media behemoth. Another news around Facebook that hogged the limelight this past week was the news of Mark Zuckerberg selling 44,750 shares of the company for a total amount of $12.2 million.

The manufacturer of the iPhone, Apple, had a way better week than Facebook as stock price gained 4.2%. This stock movement came in a week when reports claimed that the company was planning to make electric vehicles by 2024. The news of Apple preparing to launch a car by 2024 was reported by Reuters, they said it is most likely the passenger car of the company will be powered by its own battery technology. Stocks of the technology giant closed at $131.97 per share last week.

Amazon was also one of the laggards in the previous week. Jeff Bezos’ firm saw it stock price slip 0.90% in the week to close at $3,172.69 per share. Streaming service Netflix was also in the red last week, slipping 3.7%. The Co-CEO of the frim, Reed Hastings has sold 437,311 shares of the firm this month for $527 per share, according to reports. The total stake sale value was $230.6 million. This comes less than a month after Reed Hastings had sold over 213,000 shares of the firm.

Technology giant Google recovered sharply from the initial fall in the week gone by and ended flat with a positive bias. Shares of the firm closed at $1,734.16 per share. Since December 2, shares of Google are down 5%.

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Mrs. Bectors shares grey market premium surges 75% amid volatile stock market; check listing day strategy

Mrs Bectors Food Specialities shares are scheduled to make a stock market debut on Monday, December 28, 2020. The Rs 540-crore IPO was subscribed a whopping 197.38 times, becoming the most subscribed issue of 2020 so far. The company is the largest supplier of buns in India to QSR chains such as Burger King, McDonald’s, KFC, Carl’s Jr, Pizza Hut and Dominos Pizza. It sells its premium bakery products under ‘English Oven’. Mrs Bectors Food came up with its public issue following the successful listing of Burger King India which was listed with a 92 per cent premium to its issue price of Rs 60. In the grey market today, Mrs Bectors Food Specialities shares were seen trading at Rs 503 apiece, implying a premium of Rs 215 or 75 per cent over the IPO price of Rs 288 apiece.

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Mrs Bectors’ numbers over the last few years have not been that good. Amarjeet Maurya, AVP – Mid Caps, Angel Broking Ltd told Financial Express Online, that the first half performance was good as compared to the first half of the previous fiscal because the consumption of bread, biscuits and other bakery products increased. Consumption was also high for Britannia Industries. Overall the business model is good with a healthy market share in North India and in exports as well. “As an investor, if I get more than 50-60 per cent return, I would book profits and wait for a correction in the stock and then invest again. We are expecting that Mrs Bectors Food Specialities might get good multiples although not as high as other listed peers like Britannia Industries and Nestle India,” Maurya said.

Manan Doshi, Co-Founder, UnlistedArena.com dealing in Pre-IPO & Unlisted Shares, told Financial Express Online, after the recovery in broader market and post declaration of allotment status, Mrs Bectors Food Specialities IPO is expected to list with a hefty premium of 75-85 per cent which implies the listing of shares above Rs 500 mark.

While Vishal Wagh, Head of Research, Bonanza Portfolio Ltd, told Financial Express Online that investors should opt listing gains amid share market volatility. “We expect near to 10-15 per cent listing gains due to high market volatility. Any follow up selling in market may lead to early profit booking,” Vishal Wagh said.

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