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Wall Street hovers near records in premarket trading as attention turns to next week's busy schedule
Wall Street was on track to open with gains on Friday, adding to record highs ahead of next week's busy slate of earnings, job market reports, a Federal Reserve policy meeting and the tariff deadline.
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InvestorsHub on MSNDow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, Wall Street Futures Mixed as Investors Weigh Google and Tesla Earnings Amid Trade Deal Optimism
U.S. stock futures moved in different directions on Thursday, with enthusiasm for a potential U.S.-EU trade agreement supporting hopes for new market highs, even as investors reacted to quarterly results from tech giants Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA).
And Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” the VIX, exploded to rare heights… On April 8, the VIX closed above 50. We’ve only seen this level or higher in 2008, 2009, and 2020.
Weakness in a handful of blue-chip stocks weighed on the Dow in early going Thursday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite pushed toward fresh record closing highs. Shares of IBM, UnitedHealth and Honeywell weighed on the Dow,