U.S. stock futures were flat ahead of Thursday’s session, as solid bank earnings helped ease worries about a long government shutdown and rising U.S.–China trade tensions. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) were up 0.03%, 0.06%, respectively, at 1:49 a.m. EDT on October 16, while futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) were down 0.01%.
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Futures on the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) were up 0.06%, 0.01%, and 0.03%, respectively, at 8:43 p.m. EDT on October 15.
In the regular trading session, major stock indices mostly rose after a bumpy trading day. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed up 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively. However, the Dow Jones ended just below flat.
Looking ahead, investors are awaiting key earnings reports from Charles Schwab (SCHW), KeyCorp (KEY), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), and Interactive Brokers (IBKR).
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