index futures

British

plural noun

a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index

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U.S. tech stocks mostly gained in premarket action, while a CME Group outage halted trading in index futures and other key contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nvidia climbed 3% before reporting earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, sending shares and index futures on another leg higher in after-hours trading.

From The Wall Street Journal

STOCKS: U.S. stock index futures extend gains and were last up 1.24%, pointing to a strong open on Wall StreetBONDS: U.S.

From Reuters

U.S. index futures , were last down around 0.4%.

From Reuters

U.S. index futures , were last down around 0.5%.

From Reuters

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