
Apple, Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were trading up 1.62% and 1.44% off the open, respectively, early on Monday morning but began to sink slightly by midday following reports that the negotiations between Russian and Ukranian delegations sent to Belarus won’t immediately result in any agreement between the two countries.
The SPDR S&P 500, which was trading up 1.43% off the open at one point, retraced over 1% lower on the news, impacting the tech stocks negatively.