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U.S. stock futures swung between gains and losses on Tuesday after Monday’s declines. Futures of major benchmark indices were up. The Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day meeting begins today, with investors eyeing a rate cut decision tomorrow.
Wall Street is looking to the Fed policy meeting starting today for clues to the odds of more rate cuts in 2026.
Stock futures rose early Friday ahead of key inflation data as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes eyed a fourth consecutive day of gains. Futures on the S&P 500 were 0.2% up early in the day and Nasdaq futures were rising 0.
Global markets were higher, with the execption of Japan, ahead of the U.S. personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation.
U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday after modest advances on Tuesday. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures (ES=F) inched up 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 contracts (NQ=F) remained just
Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) gained 0.4% after Paramount Skydance’s (NASDAQ:PSKY) hostile $108.4 billion bid for the entertainment giant, just after Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) had agreed to buy its TV and film studios as well as the streaming business.
US stocks fell on Monday as Wall Street awaited the Federal Reserve's final policy meeting of the year, while the deal drama between Netflix (NFLX) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) escalated to a new level.
President Donald Trump holds up a signed memorandum of understanding between Thailand and the U.S. on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ahead of the ASEAN summit. U.S. stock-market futures gained Sunday after top negotiators for the U.S. and China ...
Sectors gaining on Tuesday included consumer discretionary and information technology, which bucked an otherwise negative market trend. Real estate, utilities, and energy stocks recorded the biggest losses as most S&P 500 sectors fell. Analysts at ...