XChat disappears from app stores
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The standalone messaging app was quietly removed from Apple and Google Play, according to 9 to 5 Mac.
Directly affected
- AAPL Apple+5.3%
Named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- SPY SPDR S&P 500+1.6%
The broad U.S. stock market
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond-1.8%
Long-term U.S. government bonds
- QQQ Invesco QQQ+2.3%
Large technology stocks
- GLD SPDR Gold Shares-3.3%
Gold can move with the broad market
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
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| AAPLNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPYNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TLTNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| QQQNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GLDNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
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The standalone messaging app was quietly removed from Apple and Google Play, according to 9 to 5 Mac.
Source: Social Media Today
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