US stock futures held steady as investors weighed improved market sentiment following fresh record highs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) slipped 0.1%. On Monday, stocks continued a rally that started last week, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 notching new…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2025. NYSE U.S. equity futures were slightly lower on Monday night after the S&P 500 notched another record to close out a stunning month and quarter. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 59 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures dropped 0.1%,…
Aerial view of Seoul downtown city skyline with vehicle on expressway and bridge cross over Han river in Seoul city, South Korea. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Monday as investors parsed details on trade negotiations and a slew of data points, including South Korea and Japan’s industrial output figures…
Next week kicks off a new trading month as well as the back half of 2025, and Wall Street will be watching to see if stocks keep up their recent momentum. Stocks have made a massive comeback after seeing steep declines in early April, when investor anxiety around President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policy put…
Aerial view of Osaka Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Friday, tracking Wall Street’s gains after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt downplayed the impending start of the tariff deals, which have weighed on investor sentiment. July 8 is when the so-called liberation day tariffs are set to take effect after…
US stock futures rose as investors bet that an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve could land sooner rather than later. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) jumped 0.2%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) ticked up 0.1%. On Thursday, stocks climbed and…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2025. NYSE S&P 500 futures sat near flat Thursday night with investors on all-time high watch and awaiting inflation data. Futures tied to the broad index traded around their flatline, as did Nasdaq 100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 33 points, or…
US stock futures edged up as President Trump talked up his search for a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) rose 0.%. While contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) gained 0.2%. The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday…
Despite little change in the U.S. stocks on Wednesday, investors watched the markets closely. The S&P 500 closed the day just 51 points off from its all-time high closing price of 6,144 on February 19. The Dow Jones closed the day down about 106 points, but still higher than its mid-afternoon lows on Monday. Meanwhile,…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One en route to the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters The ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding. In yesterday’s newsletter, we talked about how a blitzkrieg of missile-led diplomacy seemed to help de-escalate tensions….