Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
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first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
Francesca Fontana’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.
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I'm Francesca Fontana.
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Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday.
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Hey, listeners, it's Saturday, June 8th.
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I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
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Let's get to it.
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Why don't we kick things off with a big hand for Nvidia, which became the third US company to enter the $3 trillion market value club and helped propel tech stocks higher during the week.
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The maker of prized AI chips on Wednesday crossed that threshold after ending the day about 5% higher, as some of its peers also followed suit.
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And thanks to all those tech advances, the NASDAQ ended that day with a new record close, the 13th one of 2024, for those of you playing along at home.
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Then on Friday, we had the stronger than expected jobs report suggesting the economy is faring better and prompting traders to push back their expectations for when the Fed will cut interest rates.
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And this is to say nothing of all the wild moves GameStop is making.
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More on that in a little bit.
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All in all, the major indexes ended the week higher.
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One bright spot in stocks this week was Spotify, the audio streaming platform that some of you may be using to tune in right now.
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Perhaps you Spotify premium members were not so enthused, but investors cheered the company's Monday announcement that it would raise prices for the second time in a year.
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Starting next month, premium subscribers will have to pay $11.99 a month, a buck more than the old price of $10.99.
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This hike is aimed at helping cover the cost of the platform's push into audiobooks.
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And despite being the most popular music streamer by subscriber count, the company has been struggling to post consistent profits.
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So how'd the stock do?
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Spotify shares ended up with a gain of nearly 6% on Monday, adding another 4-ish percent Tuesday before notching declines the rest of the week.
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