Stock futures rose slightly as Wall Street prepared to enter the last week of 2020

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Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Sunday ahead of the last trading week of 2020.

Futures on Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose 80 points. Standard & Poor’s 500 Futures gained 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 Futures traded up 0.3%.

The rise in futures came after President Donald Trump signed a $ 900 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law, days after he proposed vetoing the legislation. Trump criticized the $ 600 direct bill payments to Americans, calling instead for 2,000 checks.

In a statement on Sunday, Trump said: “I sign this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money to the public-private partnership, get airline workers back into work, add more money to distribute vaccines, and more. So much “evening.

Wall Street is approaching a quiet holiday week as the major averages posted flat returns. The S&P 500 index fell 0.2% last week as some investors took the chips at the end of the year. The Dow of 30 stocks posted a gain of 0.1% for the same period.

Profit taking could pick up in the last week of the year, which has so far seen surprisingly strong returns. The S&P 500 is up 14.6% throughout the year so far, while the Dow is up 5.8%. The Nasdaq is up 42.7% this year as investors favored high-growth tech names during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday about that The country could see an increase in new Covid-19 infections After the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Distribution of two vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began this month. To date, more than a million people have been vaccinated in the United States.

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