5 things to know before the stock market opens on Tuesday

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Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.

What started as an early morning outage report… Amazon Web services snowballed into a day-long craze restricting access to popular websites used for work, school, entertainment, and travel. The company announced Monday night that all services have returned to normal operations.

I’ll summarize it below.

Downdetector showed that users were having problems accessing various sites. snapchat to lift to new york times Go to Venmo. Travelers reported issues with searching for flight bookings and checking in online, and the UK government said it was in contact with AWS over the affected services. AWS is a leading vendor of cloud infrastructure technology, with millions of companies and groups using services tied to servers and storage. Cybersecurity executive Rob Jardine told CNBC that the outage does not appear to have been caused by a cyberattack, and was likely due to a technical issue with one of Amazon’s key data. This is not the only failure in recent memory. AWS faced a roadblock in 2023. microsoft The Windows system was crippled last year due to a problem. cloud strike software update.AWS said it would share a “post-incident summary” following Monday’s outage.

On the other hand, yesterday was a great day apple investors. The stock rose to a record high after a report from technology research firm Counterpoint showed iPhone 17 sales are off to a strong start in the U.S. and China.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Apple’s meteoric rise shows why it’s better to hold on to stocks than sell them. Meanwhile, Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, said on CNBC that Apple’s efforts in artificial intelligence could create a “completely different story” for the investment outlook.

Apple’s sharp rise supported the overall market, with all three major indexes rising more than 1%. Follow live market updates here.

The latest big company earnings reports released this morning were better than Wall Street expected.

general motors Third-quarter earnings per share and sales both exceeded analyst consensus estimates. The company also raised its full-year forecast, saying that the impact of tariffs will be smaller than previously expected. Shares rose 8.5% in premarket trading.

Coca-Cola also beat The Street’s expectations in both areas in the third quarter, sending its stock up nearly 2% before the bell. But soda makers said demand remains weak.

There may be light at the end of the federal government shutdown tunnel. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that the shutdown is now in its 21st day and “will likely end this week.”

But a White House adviser warned that the Trump administration could take “stronger action” if a resolution is not reached. Hassett said he heard that Senate Democrats felt it would be a “bad look” to reopen the government before the “No Kings” protests against President Trump that took place across the country on Saturday.

Amid growing interest in rare earth materials, the United States and Australia have signed an agreement that includes project plans totaling $8.5 billion. As CNBC’s Spencer Kimball points out, the deal comes as President Trump pushes to build a rare earth supply chain independent of China.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said each country would contribute $1 billion over the next six months. The White House later announced in a fact sheet that each country would invest more than $3 billion each over that period.

Shares of U.S.-listed rare earth stocks soared in Monday trading. especially, cleveland cliffs Shares soared more than 20% after the steelmaker announced it was considering creating a rare earth mining operation.

Renowned entrepreneur Mark Cuban sat down with CNBC’s Bertha Coombs in Las Vegas for an exclusive 30-minute interview about the healthcare industry. Take a look here.

—CNBC’s Spencer Kimball, Tasmin Lockwood, Kevin Breuninger, Jores Yip, Luke Fountain, Sean Conlon, Annie Palmer, Katrina Bishop and Leslie Josephs contributed to this report. Terry Cullen edited this version.