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Leftover Trading Day

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As you might expect on a half-day following a major holiday, it isn’t exactly a riveting scenario for the trading day ahead. All the same, here we are, and let’s take a brief look at what’s happening pre-open.

The S&P 500 futures are up a tiny bit. They approached their recent high but failed to break out. At this point, the psychologically-important big round number 4000 is short-term support.

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