Did Steve Ballmer Buy Twitter Stock? A Mysterious Twitter Account Says So

Editor's note: Around 11:30 a.m. ET, reports emerged confirming Ballmer's 4 percent stake in Twitter.

Shares of Twitter Inc TWTR jumped higher by 1.25 percent early Friday morning.
At the same time, the S&P 500 linked ETF, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY was flat.
With no corporate news releases, investors and traders focused on an alleged tweet by Steve Ballmer which said he had acquired a 4 percent stake in the company.

Shares of Twitter were trading higher during Friday's pre-market session. Investors and traders may have reacted to an alleged tweet coming from ex-

Microsoft

CEO Steve Ballmer's account. Ballmer's verified account (@clippersteveb) posted the following Friday morning:

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