U.S. stock-index futures traded flat on Monday after the major U.S. market indexes reached record highs on Friday, supported by a better-than-expected U.S. October jobs report and positive COVID-19 antiviral news from Pfizer (PFE). Helping sentiment was news that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package late Friday. This bolstered the equities of such companies as Caterpillar (CAT; +5.4%), Deere (DE; +2.8%), Nucor (NUE; +6.0%) and Vulcan Materials (VMC; +5.7%).
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity
| Last
| Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 29,507.05 | -104.52 | -0.35% |
Hang Seng | 24,763.77 | -106.74 | -0.43% |
Shanghai | 3,498.63 | +7.06 | +0.20% |
S&P/ASX | 7,452.20 | -4.70 | -0.06% |
FTSE | 7,298.52 | -5.44 | -0.07% |
CAC | 7,057.87 | +17.08 | +0.24% |
DAX | 16,025.24 | -29.12 | -0.18% |
Crude oil | $81.77 |
| +0.62% |
Gold | $1,821.70 |
| +0.27% |