Stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening after a rout in technology stocks earlier during the regular trading day, as investors turned away from growth stocks in anticipation of tighter monetary policy next year. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. Earlier, the index closed lower, with the tech-heavy information […]

Stocks ended sharply higher Wednesday afternoon as investors mulled the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy decision of 2021, which came against a backdrop of persistent inflationary pressures.  The S&P 500 and Dow turned positive after spending much of the trading day earlier in the red. The Nasdaq outperformed to add […]