Nasdaq futures led a broad rise in major U.S. stock-index contracts Wednesday, gaining 2% in a morning snapshot that showed all three benchmarks in positive territory.
At 7:07 a.m. ET (12:07 UTC), S&P 500 futures were up 0.9% and Dow Jones futures had risen 0.19%. The S&P 500 contract ranked between Nasdaq and Dow futures by percentage gain.
The gap was 1.1 percentage points between Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures, and 1.81 points between Nasdaq and Dow futures. Nasdaq’s increase was about 2.2 times the S&P 500’s move and roughly 10.5 times the Dow’s.
The readings showed gains across all three contracts, but the size of the Nasdaq advance stood apart. The percentages describe futures moves at that observation time, with Nasdaq posting the largest increase and Dow the smallest. Each figure is a percentage change, rather than a contract’s point level.
