U.S. Futures Rise, Dollar Recovers Slightly on Trade Optimism
U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open Friday after gains on Wall Street on Thursday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closing just shy of record highs. The dollar recovered a touch on trade-deal optimism, while Treasury yields were little moved overnight. The final June University of Michigan consumer confidence survey lands later.
–U.S. futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all up around 0.3% early in Europe.
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