Chinese tech stocks in correction territory amid profit-taking, global selloff. (00:22) Musk’s SpaceX, Apple (AAPL) at loggerheads over satellite internet. (01:40) Eli Lilly’s (LLY) lepodisiran slashes inherited heart disease risk factor by 94% in Phase 2 trial. (02:24)Episode transcripts seekingalpha.com/wsb.Show links: Biggest stock movers Monday: WRB, NCTYOppenheimer names BDCs likely to hold up even with declining ratesTrump says TikTok deal to close before April 5 deadlineTSM reaffirms pledge to Taiwan with new facility amid US expansion - reportWall Street Breakfast March surveySign up for our daily newsletter here and for full access to analyst ratings, stock quant scores, dividend grades, subscribe to Seeking Alpha Premium at seekingalpha.com/subscriptions.
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Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning. Good morning. Today is Monday, March 31st. I'm Julie Morgan. Chinese tech stocks slide. SpaceX is at odds with Apple. And Eli Lilly targets heart disease.
Chinese technology stocks have slipped into correction territory as investors book profits following the deep-seek-fueled rally, with the Hang Seng Tech Index declining about 12% since its highest level this year. The index fell 1.7% on Monday amid a broader decline in equities around the world. ahead of Donald Trump's massive tariff plan expected on Wednesday.
Stocks in the Hang Seng Tech Index include Xiaomi down 3.4%, JD.com down 1.9%, Alibaba down 1.7%, and Tencent down 1.7% as well. A China strategist for Aletheia Capital told CNBC that there is no specific bad news for China tech stocks, so the recent correction is largely due to profit-taking and the relatively subdued China recovery.
A senior equity advisor at UBP said the correction is normal after the deep-seek-driven rally. He added, added that Chinese tech stocks still have room to appreciate given their relatively low valuations and earnings potential. The Hang Seng Index dipped 1% while the Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.5% at the time of this recording. SpaceX is reportedly clashing with Apple.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources that SpaceX, which runs Starlink satellite internet communications, has pushed for federal regulators to stall Apple's plans to expand its own satellite fleet. The company has also been lobbying the Federal Communications Commission to block Apple's partner,
GlobalStar from launching 48 low-Earth satellites, claiming that its C3 constellation would use the disputed 1.6 and 2.4 gigahertz spectrums. SpaceX and T-Mobile already have a deal with Apple to allow Starlink on new iPhones with services to start this summer. Eli Lilly released positive phase 2 results for its small interfering RNA drug candidate Lepodiceran on Sunday.
The trial results showed 94% lower levels of a genetically inherited heart disease risk factor in adults, with elevated risk taking the highest test dose of the drug candidate. Lepodiceran aims to lower the production of lipoprotein A, a genetically inherited risk factor of heart disease. Some patients showed sustained lower levels of LPA for nearly a year and a half.
The highest test dose was 400 mg. Trial participants who took 16 mg and 96 mg doses of Lepodiceran had a 40.8% and 75.2% reduction in LPA levels over the 18-month-long study received. The company said it will continue to evaluate the potential benefits of lepidoceran in the ongoing Phase 3 cardiovascular outcomes trial. Now for a look at what's trending on Seeking Alpha.
Oppenheimer names BDCs likely to hold up even with declining rates. President Trump says the TikTok deal will close before the April 5th deadline. And TSM reportedly reaffirms its pledge to Taiwan with a new facility amid a U.S. expansion. On our Catalyst Watch for the Day, the Optical Fiber Communication Conference in San Francisco takes place.
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