Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Futures Pare Gains As Retail Sales Stall And Wage Growth Moderates — Oracle, Credo, Ford In Focus (UPDATED)
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(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the lede, the economic data, and the headline were updated in the story.)
U.S. stock futures pared gains to decline on Tuesday following Monday's positive close. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower.
Equity markets are digesting a fresh batch of economic indicators this Tuesday, as the January NFIB Small Business Optimism Index remained above its long-term average at 99.3, even as rising uncertainty weighed on expansion plans.
Concurrently, a delayed data deluge from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau revealed that fourth-quarter employment costs grew by 0.7%, while December import prices edged up 0.1% and retail sales remained virtually unchanged at $735 billion.
On Monday, President Donald Trump acknowle
U.S. stock futures pared gains to decline on Tuesday following Monday's positive close. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower.
Equity markets are digesting a fresh batch of economic indicators this Tuesday, as the January NFIB Small Business Optimism Index remained above its long-term average at 99.3, even as rising uncertainty weighed on expansion plans.
Concurrently, a delayed data deluge from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau revealed that fourth-quarter employment costs grew by 0.7%, while December import prices edged up 0.1% and retail sales remained virtually unchanged at $735 billion.
On Monday, President Donald Trump acknowle
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