{"id":68107,"date":"2025-12-26T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/26\/wall-street-seen-opening-on-subdued-note-3\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:31:38","slug":"wall-street-seen-opening-on-subdued-note-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/26\/wall-street-seen-opening-on-subdued-note-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Seen Opening On Subdued Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Subdued futures point to a flat or slightly negative start for U.S. stocks on Friday. After a truncated session on Wednesday and a holiday on Thursday, trading will be on for a full session on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Activity is unlikely to be any significantly hectic as traders may continue to stay on the sidelines amid a lack of fresh data.<\/p>\n<p>Investors will continue to assess recent economic data and weigh the prospects of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. <\/p>\n<p>The Dow futures are down 0.2 percent at 48,930.00, while the S&amp;P futures and the Nasdaq futures are lower by 0.06 percent at 6,978.00, and 0.01 percent at 25,876.75, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks closed mostly higher on Wednesday after showing a lack of direction early on in the shortened trading session.<\/p>\n<p>The major averages extended their winning streak to five days, with the Dow and the S&amp;P 500 reaching new record closing highs. The Dow advanced 288.75 points or 0.6 percent to 48,731.16, the Nasdaq rose 51.46 points or 0.2 percent to 23,613.31 and the S&amp;P 500 climbed 22.26 points or 0.3 percent to 6,932.05. <\/p>\n<p>Overall trading activity was a bit subdued, as traders mostly stayed away from their desks ahead of the Christmas Day holiday on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>On the U.S. economic front, the Labor Department released a report showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by more than expected in the week ended December 20th.<\/p>\n<p>The report said initial jobless claims dipped to 214,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week&#8217;s unrevised level of 224,000. Economists had expected jobless claims to edge down to 223,000.<\/p>\n<p>In overseas trading, Asian stocks advanced in thin holiday trade on Friday after the S&amp;P 500 ended higher for a fifth day in a shortened session on Wednesday ahead of the Christmas and Boxing holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Trading volumes remained thin, with <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span> in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and much of Europe shut for holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The major European markets are closed today for Boxing Day holiday. <\/p>\n<p>In commodities trading, West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures are down slightly at $58.34 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Gold futures are gaining $31.20 or 0.69% at $4,534.00 an ounce, while Silver futures are up $2.485 or 3.47% at $74.170 an ounce. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Wall Street Seen Opening On Subdued Note<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-12-26 12:31:38<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subdued futures point to a flat or slightly negative start for U.S. stocks on Friday. 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