Day-trippers pose with the Wall Street bull statue in the Financial District, August 21, 2018 in New York City.
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Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes anxious lower on Wednesday night, hours after the S&P 500 flirted with — but fell just short of — a new record fasten.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures indicated a lower opening of about 18 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures also designate a slightly lower opening trade.
The after-hours moves Wednesday evening followed a rally during the regular seating, with the major indexes climbing amid a rebound in Big Tech, strength from health care and gains in discretionary equities.
The S&P 500 gained 1.4% during Wednesday’s monthly session in its largest one-day jump since July 6. The broad market index finished the day at 3,380.35. In the decisive hour of trading, the broader market index briefly traded above its record closing high of 3,386.15.
The index has prospered every day this month except for a 0.8% loss on Tuesday; it’s up 3.3% since the end of July.
Household consumer tech high regards Facebook, Apple and Amazon rallied 1.4%, 3.3% and 2.6% during Wednesday’s regular trading while Netflix and Microsoft united 1.8% and 2.8%, respectively.
Stocks that would benefit most from the economy reopening started Wednesday’s period off strong, but ultimately ended the day lagging the tech names. Cruise operator Carnival dropped 4%. JPMorgan Pursuit, Bank of America and Citigroup were all lower.
Investors continue to keep a watchful eye on Washington, where the nation’s top lawmakers keep on to haggle over a new coronavirus-relief package for American households and businesses.
Though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Rabble-rouser Nancy Pelosi both said this week that the two sides are far away from an agreement, many investors accept a deal is inevitable.
“The market still wants, and very much expects, an actual stimulus bill to be signed,” white b derogated Tom Essaye, editor of the Sevens Report.
“Looking forward, stimulus bill negotiations will continue, but [President Trump’s] administration orders (combined with recently solid data) likely reduce the urgency to get something done, so realistically the sell will be looking for an agreement over the next few weeks,” he added.
The latest iteration of the Labor Department report on weekly jobless requests will be released Thursday morning.
The weekly figures provide Wall Street with critical insight on how tons Americans continue to collect unemployment benefits, known as continuing claims.
Another 1.1 million workers are count oned to have filed first-time claims for state unemployment benefits during the week ended August 8. That discretion mark a deceleration from the prior week, though still well above any reading prior to the pre-Covid era.
Stay week, the government said initial jobless claims rose by 1.18 million during the week ended August 1. That unmistakeable the 20th straight week in which initial claims remained above 1 million.