S&P 500 futures are up 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are gaining 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures are advancing 0.4%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 138 points, or 0.31%, to ...
Historically, markets perform well on Black Friday, with the S&P 500 closing higher 69% of the time since 1960, according to data from Macrotrends.
Stocks closed with solid gains as Wall Street put the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year.
But as the day became a major shopping event, calling it "Black Friday" made sense for those businesses that operated in the ...