Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures trade flat as deadline looms to prevent government shutdown

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as US careens toward shutdown, consumer confidence slumps

US stocks faltered on Tuesday as investors weighed the likely fallout of President Trump’s latest tariff blitz and the US government careened toward its first shutdown in seven years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) led losses, falling around 0.4%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slid around 0.3%, coming off…

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S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as investors brush off government shutdown uncertainties

S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as investors brush off government shutdown uncertainties

By Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant (Reuters) -The Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 closed modestly higher on Monday as investors bought heavyweight technology stocks and shrugged off the uncertainty of a potential U.S. government shutdown and hawkish remarks from a Federal Reserve official. The technology sector provided the benchmark S&P’s biggest boost as investors bet…

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