US STOCK INDEXES MAY CONTINUE UPWARD TREND


U.S. stock-index futures looked to extend their gains on Wednesday, a day after major equity benchmarks closed at their early March highs, as investors awaited an important indicator of the labor market’s health.  Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 159 points, or 0.6%, at 25,860 and US S&P 500 index were trading 12.60 points, or 0.4%, higher at 3,089.50.
 Markets have climbed a virtual wall of worry to head higher over the past several sessions, shrugging of social strife and violent demonstrations in major cities, testiness between the U.S. and China and the economic carnage wrought by a viral pandemic.  It is also to be noted that estimate loss of employment in April may reach the figure of 20.236 million. The data, which will be released at 8:15 a.m. Eastern, comes ahead the more closely watched Labor Department report that will be released Friday.
 


Social unrest continues across the U.S. resulting in New York, known as ‘The City That Never Sleeps,’ imposing an 8 p.m. curfew today, a full 22 minutes before sunset.  Hope for success in businesses reopening has been credited with pushing stocks higher, but analysts say that an unprecedented dose of stimulus from the Federal Reserve has also provided a floor for assets considered risky. Weekly data showed that the Fed’s balance sheet rose to $7.1 trillion as of last Wednesday, up from $7.04 trillion over the prior period. Meanwhile, the U.S. government has injected trillions of dollars more into small businesses and workers to help stem the hardship of store closures.  This may further drive the stock markets up to and around 26100 mark (DOW).


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