Stock futures are slightly lower Friday as the Santa Clause rally that kicked off earlier in the week loses steam.

Some of the biggest winners were mega-cap tech stocks, with Tesla up by 6% while Broadcom, Netflix, and Amazon each gained about 2%.

Since the start of 2024, the S&P 500 has never once closed below its 200-day moving average, according to Bespoke Investment Group. Barring a sharp selloff between now and the end of the year, this would be only the 12th time since 1952 that this has happened.

Stocks are opening lower in what should be another day of quiet trading on Wall Street. The S&P 500 is down 0.6% and the the Dow Jones Industrial Average is lower by 209 points, or 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite is down 0.

Asian Shares Advance After a Mixed Finish on Wall Street BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday, with Japan’s benchmark registering strong gains for a second straight day. Oil prices and U.

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