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Dow futures steady as S&P 500 closes at yearly highs
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Investing.com – US stock futures were trading in a mixed fashion during Sunday’s evening deals, after a positive week from major benchmark averages as the S&P 500 marked a new high for 2023.
By 6:30 pm ET (11:30 pm GMT) remained flat, eased 0.1% and dipped 0.2%.
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Ahead in the week, investors will be closely monitoring key employment data including and .
During Friday’s trading session, the added 294.6 points or 0.8% to 36,245.5, the added 26.8 points or 0.6% to 4,594.6 and the lifted 78.8 points or 0.6% to 14,305.
The S&P 500, a broad index of large-cap equities, reached its highest point since March 2022 on Friday, accumulating nearly 20% in year-to-date gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a measure of blue-chip stocks, has also seen a steady ascent for five consecutive weeks, yielding a 9.4% increase for the year. The Nasdaq Composite, known for its tech-heavy composition, has surged by 37% in 2023.
This recent upswing comes as investors increasingly wager on the Federal Reserve maintaining its current policy stance at the upcoming meeting this month, with potential rate cuts expected next year. Despite Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s attempts to moderate rate-cut expectations by stating it’s “premature” to predict policy easing, the market seems to have disregarded his cautionary comments.
On the bond markets, rates were at fresh 12-week lows of 4.197%.
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