Stock market news live updates: Stock futures open flat after S&P, Dow set fresh records – Yahoo Finance
U.S. stock futures were muted headed into overnight trading on Wednesday after the S&P 500 and Dow each extended a rally to close at all-time highs amid a thinly-traded last week of 2021 on Wall Street.
Contracts on the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq were mostly unchanged.
Intraday market swings were exaggerated by the low trading volumes. Economic and earnings calendars remain light for the final two trading days of the year, though investors will turn their attention on Thursday to fresh data out of Washington on weekly jobless claims.
First-time unemployment filings are expected to tick up slightly from last week…….