Dow Futures Point to Triple-Digit Gains
Wednesday,
12-Dec-2018
04:37 PM (IST)
U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open, with the Dow set for a triple-digit gain, as optimism over the U.S.-China trade dispute lifted sentiment.The blue-chip Dow futures were up 195 points, or 0.8%, the S&P 500 futures jumped 21 points, or around 0.8%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures indicated a gain of 71 points, or roughly 1.1%.The moves in premarket follow another volatile session on Wall Street on Tuesday, which saw the major indexes oscillate between positive and negative territory before falling sharply in the last half hour of trading.Elsewhere, European stocks were higher, with most major bourses across the region in positive territory for the second day in a row. Earlier, Asian shares closed higher, with stocks in Japan and Hong Kong leading gains across the region.
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