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Markets Rising as Tech Rally Rolls On. Stock Futures Pop.
Stocks looked set to rise in thin trading on Monday, while gold jumped to yet another record as the market bet on a strong end to 2026 for both equities and precious metals.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 51 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures added 0.4%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.6%.
The three major indexes rallied on Friday, meaning that both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week in the green. Investors had been fretting about lofty artificial-intelligence valuations, but a cooler-than-expected inflation reading boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve will carry on cutting interest rates in early 2026.
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