U.S. stock futures were mixed on Thursday morning amid the U.S. government shutdown. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) and the S&P 500 (SPX) were up 0.55% and 0.27%, respectively, while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) were down 0.04% at 8:30 a.m. EST on October 2.
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On Wednesday, the three major U.S. stock indices closed higher, fueled by hopes that the federal funding lapse would soon come to an end without causing any significant economic damage. The S&P 500 rose about 0.3% to close at a record high, while the Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones gained 0.4% and 0.1%, respectively.
Meanwhile, Occidental Petroleum (OXY) stock trended higher in pre-market trading after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), (BRK.B) said that it’s going to buy Occidental’s petrochemical unit, OxyChem, for $9.7 billion in cash.
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