U.S. stock futures rose ahead of Thursday’s session after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill late Wednesday to end the longest federal

Stock futures pointed higher following a down week, as investors were optimistic a deal was near to end the record U.S. government shutdown.

U.S. stock market today showed mixed moves. The Dow rose 263.69 points (0.55%) to 47,895.69, led by Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, and Walt Disney. The S&P 500 fell 24.33 points (0.35%) to 6,866.26, and the Nasdaq dropped 229.

U.S. stock futures were down on Wednesday evening after the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at a record high. Futures on the Nasdaq 100

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a ninth day, marking its longest losing streak since 1978 ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision. The blue-chip index fell 267 points, 0.6%. The S&P 500 fell 0.

The Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell is on deck Wednesday, where rate cuts are all but expected. But after the closing bell, it's big-tech earnings. It's hard to overstate just how crucial Wednesday could be for the stock market in its final leg of this year.