Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 ticked higher Wednesday evening.
Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 ticked higher Wednesday evening as investors looked to add toWall Street’s robust gains so far this week.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 57 points, indicating an opening gain of about 92 points when regular trading resumes on Thursday. S&P 500 futures also pointed to a 0.2% advance on Thursday; Nasdaq-100 futures dipped into negative territory.
The overnight moves Wednesday evening promised to add to sharp rallies in the major stock indexes so far this week.
The Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500 and Dow all extended week-to-date gains during Wednesday’s regular trading session and finished the day up 0.77%,1.48% and 2.2% respectively. The broad S&P 500 closed at its highest level since March, above 3,000; the Dow jumped 553 points to finish Wednesday’s session north of 25,000, its own highest close since March.
