1. On a high: September has been very kind to investors. The S&P 500 added 0.1% and hit a closing high on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq were little changed on Thursday, but hit record highs last week.
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| Where U.S. stocks are heading | | Dow
Futures | | Nasdaq
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Futures | | -6.00 | | +8.25 | | -0.70 | | -0.03% | | +0.14% | | -0.03% | | | |
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| | | Japan | | China | | U.K. | | Nikkei 225 | | Shanghai Composite | | FTSE 100 | | -6.83 | | +9.30 | | +45.80 | | 20,356.28 | | 3,348.94 | | 7,368.62 | | -0.03% | | +0.28% | | +0.63% | | | |
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| Key Stats | Latest | Today's Change | | | Oil | $51.59 | +0.03 / +0.06% | | | Gold | $1,290.70 | +2.00 / +0.16% | | | 10-yr | 2.31% | 0.00 / 0.00% | | | Euro | $1.18 | +0.00 / +0.23% | | | |
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| News: What you need to know about the markets | | | | | | | Stock records; Catalonia votes; Volkswagen costs | By Alanna Petroff
Friday, September 29th, 5:16am | | | | 1. On a high: September has been very kind to investors. | | | | The S&P 500 added 0.1% and hit a closing high on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq were little changed on Thursday, but hit record highs last week. | | | | Investors this week cheered President Trump's plans for tax cuts and a simplification of the tax code. | | | | U.S. stock futures were holding steady on Friday. | | | | 2. Global moves: European markets were mixed in early trading. | | | | Investors in Spain are looking ahead to a controversial independence referendum in the Spanish province of Catalonia on Sunday. | | | | Catalonia's separatist government is adamant it will go ahead with a referendum to decide if the region should split from Spain, despite the country's highest court banning the vote. | | | | The region, which is anchored by tourist hot spot Barcelona, is one of Spain's most powerful economic engines. Madrid is seeking to stop the vote. | | | | In Asia, most stock markets ended the week with small gains. Oil prices were flat and precious metals were trading higher. | | | | 2. Happy birds: Rovio Entertainment, parent company of the Angry Birds franchise, has priced its initial public offering at €11.50 ($13.50) per share. | | | | The offering values the Finnish tech firm at over $1 billion. | | | | The shares will starting trading on the Nasdaq Helsinki's official list on October 3. | | | | 3. Volkswagen costs: Volkswagen set aside an additional €2.5 billion ($3 billion) to buy back and retrofit diesel cars in North America. | | | | Shares were down 2%. | | | | The buyback program is part of the settlement agreed with regulators over the German automaker's sprawling diesel emissions cheating scandal. | | | | Before the Bell newsletter: Key market news. In your inbox. Subscribe now! | | | | 4. Stocks to watch -- Tyson, Roku: Shares in Tyson Foods were about 5% higher premarket. | | | | Shares in Roku will be closely monitored in New York after the stock surged 68% in their market debut on Thursday. | | | | Download CNN MoneyStream for up-to-the-minute market data and news | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Friday -- Brazil unemployment data released; Bureau of Economic Analysis releases data on American income and spending | | | | | | | |
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