Day Winning Streak 4:32 pm And that’s a wrap! Thursday closed with the S&P 500 up 2%, the Nasdaq up 2.7%, and the Dow scoring a 1.2% rise, marking the third straight day of all three major stock indices rising after Monday’s rout.

U.S. stock futures point to a lower open, a day after stocks rallied on hopes of a thaw in the U.S.-China trade war and that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will get to keep his job.

President Trump said that “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.