The trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 18, 2025.
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Inventory futures are nearly flat on Thursday night after a victory session that sent the index to a new record as a Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates set in investors’ minds.
futures The Dow Jones industrial average added 80 points, or nearly 0.2%. S&P 500 Futures and Nasdaq 100 futures Each also rose 0.1%.
The three major averages closed at an all-time high, with fresh daytime records engraved on Thursday. Particularly the center of the small cap Russell 2000 It closed sessions on record for the first time since 2021, with 2.5% surge.
“The market is floating around by revenue numbers,” says Aswasda Modaran, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business on CNBC’s “closing bells.” “As long as the revenue numbers continue to come, there is no catalyst for adjustment.”
“It’s not just big technology, it’s more than just technology,” he added. “It’s collectively all the stocks.”
Thursday’s move comes the day after the Fed cut interest rates for the first time this year. The stock held a volatile session on Wednesday as investors first responded to the central bank’s decision and its economic forecasts.
With profits on Thursday, the Dow and S&P 500 are both on track to finish the week where it’s 0.7% higher. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.5%, while the Russell 2000 jumped nearly 3%.
There are no economic or major revenue reports scheduled for Friday.
