Dow Jones futures rose solidly Monday afternoon, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day. The coronavirus stock market rally powered ahead last week, with the Nasdaq composite nearing all-time highs. Apple (AAPL), Microsoft(MSFT), Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), Tesla (TSLA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are all near buy points.
None of these stocks seem particularly eager to break out, despite a strong week for the coronavirus market rally. Apple stock and Google stock both edged past buy points last week, but never closed above them. Tesla stock and AMD stock hit aggressive entries, but then backed off slightly. Microsoft stock barely moved last week.
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Dow Jones Futures Today
Dow Jones futures rose 1.2% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures popped 1.3%.
The U.S. will likely impose sanctions on China if it goes ahead with draft national security law that would give Beijing more control over Hong Kong. U.S.-China tensions have been growing on a variety of fronts in the past few weeks.
While not as volatile as during the market crash, Dow Jones futures are still prone to big moves and overnight swings. Remember that overnight action in Dow futures and elsewhere doesn’t necessarily translate into actual trading in the next regular stock market session.
U.S. markets are closed Monday in observance of the Memorial Day weekend. But Europe and Asia were open. Asian markets generally rose Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei up 1.7% and the Shanghai composite 0.15%. European markets were solidly higher.
— Yahoo Finance