{"id":64920,"date":"2025-10-02T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/10\/02\/wall-street-might-open-broadly-up-13\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:52:02","slug":"wall-street-might-open-broadly-up-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/10\/02\/wall-street-might-open-broadly-up-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Might Open Broadly Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The weekly jobless claims and factory orders might be the highlight on Thursday. Investors remain focused on the US government shutdown, even amid assurances of a short duration.<\/p>\n

Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open broadly up. <\/p>\n

Asian shares finished higher, while European shares are trading positive<\/p>\n

As of 8.20 am ET, the Dow futures were declining 16.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 17.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 138.25 points.<\/p>\n

The US major averages gave back some ground going into the end the day still finished higher. The Nasdaq climbed 95.15 points or 0.4 percent to 22,755.16, the S&P 500 rose 22.74 points or 0.3 percent to 6,711.20 and the Dow inched up 43.21 points or 0.1 percent to 46,441.10.<\/p>\n

On the economic front, the Jobless Claims for the week will be issued at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is 224K, while it was up 218K in the prior week. <\/p>\n

Factory Orders for August will be issued at 10.00 am ET. The consensus is for an increase of 1.4 percent, while it was down 1.3 percent in the prior month. <\/p>\n

The Energy Information Administration or EIA’s Natural Gas Report for the week will be released at 10.30 am ET. In the prior week, the gas stock was up 75 bcf. <\/p>\n

The Fed Balance Sheet for the week is scheduled at 4.30 pm ET. In the prior week, the Level was up $6.608 trillion. <\/p>\n

Thirty-year Treasury Bond auctions will be held at 11.00 am ET. <\/p>\n

Three-year Treasury Note auctions will be held at 11.00 am ET. <\/p>\n

Ten-year Treasury Note auction will be held at 11.00 am ET. <\/p>\n

Asian stocks advanced on Thursday. Chinese markets<\/span> remained closed for the National Day holiday. Hong Kong ‘s Hang Seng index jumped 1.61 percent to 27,287.12.<\/p>\n

Japanese markets rebounded after four days of losses. The Nikkei average climbed 0.87 percent to 44,936.73 while the broader Topix index settled 0.24 percent lower at 3,087.40.<\/p>\n

Australian markets rallied. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 rose 1.13 percent to 8,945.90 while the broader All Ordinaries index closed up 1.13 percent at 9,240.30.<\/p>\n

In the Asian trading session, gold prices were at record levels, while the dollar held steady. Oil prices were marginally higher. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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