Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:
1. Wall Street looks steady after more retail earnings, near-record closes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 15, 2021 in New York City.
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U.S. stock futures were relatively flat Wednesday, one day after robust retail earnings propelled Wall Street higher. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished Tuesday just shy of their Nov. 8 record high closes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, helped by Home Depot‘s 5.7% advance, also rose but needed to make up more than 0.8% to top its Nov. 8 record close. Dow stock Boeing climbed 1.5% in Wednesday’s premarket after the company received an order from India’s Akasa Air for 737 Max jets worth $9 billion. Bitcoin on Wednesday topped $60,000 again but remained about 13% off last week’s all-time…
