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Reports on Wednesday indicated Christine Lagarde could step down as ECB President before her mandate expires in October 2027. The ECB asserted that no decision has been made and that the President is focused on her mission, in a response to Euronews.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are trending down -0.02% this morning, taking a breather after the benchmark index finished with its 41st record close this year, while investors looked ahead to remarks from a Federal Reserve official as well as an earnings report from semiconductor giant Micron.

Morning Markets The S&P 500 Index ( $SPX ) ( SPY ) is up +0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ( $DOWI ) ( DIA ) is up +0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ( $IUXX ) ( QQQ ) is down -0.15%. Mixed Q2 corporate earnings results are prompting...

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.06%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.13%. Mixed Q2 corporate earnings results are prompting sideways trading in U.S. stock index futures this morning. However, a decline in global bond yields today is...

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are down -0.08%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are down -0.06% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices finished the regular session lower as weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data stoked investor concerns about the health of the economy.

Decision about how to fight inflation follows increase by unprecedented 0.75 percentage points

The chief of the Dutch central bank has apologized for the institution’s involvement in the 19th-century slave trade, the latest expression of contrition in the Netherlands linked to the country’s historic role in the trade in enslaved people