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Stock futures gained Monday evening to shake off earlier declines ahead of another batch of corporate earnings results.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up after the blue-chip index ended a choppy session on Monday lower. The Dow had also closed out the regular trading day in the red, losing steam in the final hour of trading after reaching a record intraday high.  Shares of video game-maker Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) fell in late trading after the company’s current-quarter forecast missed… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures slid with stocks Friday as investors worried about slowing growth at megacap technology companies and risks from China’s regulatory crackdown. Treasuries and the dollar rose. Nasdaq 100 contracts slid more than 1% as Amazon.com Inc. tumbled in extended trading after its sales outlook missed expectations, adding to this week’s cautious forecasts from Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. S&P 500 futures also fell. Stocks resumed declines in Hong Kong and China, a… Source link

S&P 500 and Dow futures opened slightly higher, while Nasdaq futures sank as the overnight session kicked off to track a decline in heavily weighted component Amazon.  The three major indexes had closed out Thursday’s regular session higher as investors contemplated more corporate earnings results and a second-quarter U.S. GDP report that missed lofty economists’ expectations. But traders appeared to take the latest economic data as a sign bolstering the Federal Reserve’s case to keep… Source link

Stock futures searched for direction Wednesday evening amid a mixed batch of corporate earnings results and a Federal Reserve decision that signaled the central bank was still looking for the U.S. economy to recover further before adjusting its monetary policies. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged slightly lower. The index ended the regular session in the red but hovered less than 0.5% below its recent all-time closing high. Contracts on the Dow rose, while those on the Nasdaq dipped. Shares of… Source link

Stock futures added to losses in late trading on Tuesday, with investors digesting a slew of Big Tech earnings results and looking ahead to another set of reports on Wednesday. A monetary policy statement from the Federal Reserve is also slated for release. Contracts on the S&P 500 dipped about 0.25% at the start of the overnight session. The index, as well as the Dow and Nasdaq, pulled back from record levels during the regular trading day.  Shares of Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) fell… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Global stocks fell with U.S. futures as investors dumped Chinese shares amid a regulatory overhaul in the country. Treasuries climbed. The Hang Seng Index slid 4.2% as speculation swirled that U.S. funds are offloading China and Hong Kong assets. While the losses were more muted in Europe and U.S. futures, the mood was pessimistic across markets. Tesla Inc. and General Electric Co. rose in premarket trading after their earnings beat forecasts. The rout in China is spooking… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Monday evening on the heels of another record-setting session, with investors looking ahead to the start of earnings results from mega-cap technology companies on Tuesday. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted after the blue-chip index eked out a record closing and intraday high during the regular trading day. The Dow and Nasdaq also closed at records and moved sideways in late trading.  On Tuesday, investors are set to receive quarterly earnings results from… Source link

Stock futures headed toward a lower open Monday morning, with lingering concerns over the growth outlook at least temporarily outweighing optimism over a strong second-quarter earnings season. Dow futures dropped more than 100 points, or 0.4%, in early trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also pointed toward a lower open. The three major indexes each set record closing highs on Friday, shaking off a sell-off at the start of last week as worries over the Delta variant increased.  Cyclical stocks… Source link

Futures rallied in Thursday’s after-hours session, suggesting Wall Street would extend the previous day’s gains — and perhaps test new highs on Friday — after a rough start to the week. On Thursday, stocks notched slim gains in rangebound trading, but managed to stretch an improbable win streak into a third day, as traders struggled to decipher the meaning behind a surprise rise in unemployment. The head-spinning reversal from Monday’s drubbing to Thursday mini-rally was part of the… Source link

Futures ticked higher in Wednesday’s after-hours session, with investors looking to earnings and data for impetus to extend a 2-day rally that wiped out losses sustained during the worst trading day of 2021.  During the regular session, stocks rode a 2-day hot streak, calibrating a resurgence of COVID-19 cases against a red-hot economic expansion that continues to gain momentum. In the process, strong earnings have helped the market heal from Monday’s pandemic-inspired meltdown, with… Source link