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Dow Jones
By Caitlin Ostroff
U.S. stock futures edged higher Thursday, suggesting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average may end the holiday-shortened week on a flat note.
Futures tied to the Dow ticked up 0.1%. The blue-chips index slipped almost 0.2% this week through the Wednesday close. Contracts linked to the S&P 500 and the technology focused Nasdaq-100 index also edged 0.1% higher.
Markets will close early Christmas Eve, with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq scheduled to end trading at 1 p.m. ET. U.S. and European markets will be closed Friday.
Investors have been focused on a swath of issues this week, including the prospects for additional fiscal support for the economy and signs of the rebound faltering. Elevated coronavirus infection levels and a new variant of Covid-19 that emerged in the U.K. have prompted concerns that there may be additional lockdown measures in the winter months, weighing on market sentiment.