US STOCKS-Nasdaq futures at record high as tech stocks rise

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<br>Aug 24 (Reuters) – Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index hit a record high on Tuesday as technology stocks rose, while positive news around U.S.
vaccination boosted shares of energy and travel-related companies.<br> <br>Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp,, Nvidia Corp , Amazon.com, Google-owner Alphabet Inc , Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Tesla Inc gained between 0.1% and 0.8% in premarket trading, a day after the Nasdaq Composite index hit an all-time closing high.<br> <br>The three major U.S.

stock indexes ended the session sharply higher on Monday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting an intra-day record peak, driven by a jump in energy and industrial shares after U.S. Here’s more regarding เครดิตฟรี กดรับเอง review our own page. regulators gave the first full approval for a COVID-19 vaccine.<br> <br>The momentum extended on Tuesday with oil majors Chevron Corp and ExxonMobil Corp adding 0.8% and 0.9%, respectively, with shares of major Wall Street banks also edging higher.<br> <br>Cruiseliners,,, rose about 1.1%, while casino operators MGM Resorts, Wynn Resorts and online travel agency TripAdvisor added between 1.2% and 2.2% on hopes that increased vaccination rates in the United States would spark a stronger rebound in travel and leisure activities.<br> <br>At 7:08 a.m.

ET, Dow e-minis were up 54 points, or 0.15%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 8.5 points, or 0.19%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 46 points, or 0.3%.<br> <br>A surge in COVID-19 infections caused by the highly contagious Delta variant has whipsawed Wall Street this month on concerns about a slowing economic recovery from the health crisis.<br> <br>Still, a strong earnings season and hopes that the Federal Reserve will maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy stance put the S&P 500 on course for its seventh straight monthly gain, with a 1.9% rise so far in August.<br> <br>The Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium later this week will be closely watched for chair Jerome Powell’s speech, which could offer clues on the central bank’s policy-tightening timeline.

(Reporting by Devik Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva)<br>

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