Stock futures look to end the week with gains

Verdence Capital Advisors director Megan Horneman weighs in on international market strength.

U.S. equity futures are trading cautiously higher ahead of the final trading day of the week.

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On Thursday, the S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1%, declining for the third straight losing session.

Most of the stocks in the index and across Wall Street were lower, but gains for Apple, Microsoft and a few other tech heavyweights helped offset the losses.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 33823.45 -210.22 -0.62%SP500 S&P 500 4221.86 -1.84 -0.04%I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 14161.350236 +121.67 +0.87%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6% to 33,823.45, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%, to 14,161.35, lifted by the gains for tech and other high-growth stocks.

Investors have digested the latest message from the U.S. Federal Reserve on raising short-term interest rates by late 2023.

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