5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday

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

The New York Stock Exchange is pictured amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York, April 16, 2021.

A worker restocks a display of Coca-Cola Co. soft drinks at a store in Orem, Utah, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.

Dow stock Coca-Cola rose modestly in the premarket after the beverage giant Monday morning reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue. Coca-Cola said demand in the first quarter was unchanged from last year as North America and western Europe take longer to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic.

A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration.

Bitcoin dropped to close to $52,000 on Sunday morning, days after reaching an all-time high near $65,000 in a wild weekend of trading. Bitcoin was up modestly to around $56,000 early Monday. But that's down about 13% from last week's record. Also on Sunday, a leading Chinese central banker called bitcoin an "investment alternative," a significant shift in Beijing's tone after a crackdown on cryptocurrency issuance and trading nearly four years ago. The comments came from Li Bo, deputy governor of the People's