U.S. stock futures prepare for the 4^th of July

U.S. stock index futures were quite flat late Thursday, in anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Starting at 12 PM Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.35%, were down around 20 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 fates ES00, -0.34%, and NASDAQ-100 futures NQ00, -0.08% were off partially.

U.S. securities exchanges will not be open on Friday for the Fourth of July. Prior in the day, stocks completed an uneven exchanging meeting with slight additions. This is while rising coronavirus cases hosed any eagerness after a positive occupations report. The Dow DJIA, +0.35%, shut 92.39 points, or 0.4%, higher to complete at 25,827.36, while the S&P 500 record SPX, +0.45% included 14.15 points, or 0.5%, to close at 3,130.01. The NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.52%, increased by 53 points, or 0.5%, shut down at 10,207.63, booking its second straight record close.

How did other assets perform?

West Texas Intermediate U.S. crude CLQ20, -1.06%, settled at $40.65 a barrel for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 2.1%. Invaluable metals, like August gold futures GCQ20, -0.14%, rose $10.10, or 0.6%, to complete at $1,790 an ounce.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.673% was down 1.2 basis points at 0.670%. This took place after the recent jobs report pushed investors into riskier assets.

The greenback fell by 0.1% against its rivals, in light of trading the ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, -0.03%.

In European equities, the Stoxx Europe 600 file SXXP, -0.56%, closed 2% higher. London’s FTSE 100 UKX, a -1.17% finish, with a 1.3% gain.

In Asian markets, the Japanese Nikkei NIK, +0.72% edged up 0.1%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI, +0.99%, jumped 3% higher, and the Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +2.01%, quit for the day.