3 market movers: small-cap breakout, US debt auctions, crypto
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre joins Morning Brief to break down the top three market movers in Monday's trading day, including the small-cap (^SP600, ^RUT) breakout, bitcoin (BTC=F) climbing, and the $120 billion in US debt auctions traders are watching.
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