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Futures on Wall Street are looking to advance after China cited progress in trade talks with the US, stating that both sides will continue communicating. The Dow futures are up 30 points, S&P 500 futures are at the flat line,
Stock futures moved lower Thursday after major indexes posted steep declines yesterday amid mounting concerns about the federal deficit as a budget bill works its way through Congress.
The Dow and S&P 500 have rejoined the Nasdaq Composite in the green on Thursday during what has been a choppy session for U.S. stocks. Here's where things stood in recent trading: The S&P 500 was up 13 points,
UnitedHealth has gone from bad to worse, and its drop is impacting the Dow Jones Industrial Average even more than it is the S&P 500.
S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures are also rising before the market opens. Treasury yields are falling back. Bitcoin is extending gains from a new record high above $100,000.
The broad-market boost from a rally in shares of Big Tech stocks like Alphabet Inc. is being offset by weakness in energy and utilities stocks. That has sent the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding back into the red.