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LivestreamMenuTraders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 26, 2026. NYSE
Stock futures traded near the flatline on Wednesday night after Wall Street began a new month of trading on a somewhat sour note, with traders awaiting the latest batch of U.S. employment data.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 56 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures slipped about 0.1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures advanced less than 0.1%.
The major averages ended Wednesday’s session lower, with the Dow erasing a 423.46-point jump that brought it to record highs to close just below the flatline. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slid 0.2% and 0.7%, respectively, as investors pared positions in chipmakers.
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) lost 5.4%, with Micron Technology and Sandisk dropping more than 10% each. And while the sector decline weighed on the broader market, Ned Davis Research strategist Rob Anderson thinks the rotation out of semiconductors is healthy.
“One of the characteristics of the bull market has been rotation. The attribute has been on full display in 2026,” he wrote. “A passing of the baton to a non-commodity cyclical sector would be further evidence that the stock market is entering the second half of the year in a position of strength and that the bull market can continue deep into the second half of the year.”
Wall Street is also looking ahead to the June jobs report. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect the economy added 115,000 jobs last month.
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Treasury Department unveils Trump Account investment options
The Treasury Department announced the menu of eligible investment options for Trump Accounts on Wednesday afternoon.
The accounts, which are set to launch on July 4, provide a tax-advantaged way for children under 18 to invest for long-term goals, namely retirement.
Babies born between 2025 and 2028 will receive $1,000 in seed money from the Treasury after a parent or guardian opens a Trump Account on their behalf. After that, families can kick in up to $5,000 a year.
Treasury said that at launch, all contributions will be invested in the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM).
The Treasury Department also added four other ETFs to the Trump Accounts investment menu: the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV); the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI); the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF (SPTM); and the iShares Core S&P total U.S. Stock Market ETF (ITOT).
News of the investment options, which aim to provide low-cost broad exposure to stocks, comes as artificial intelligence continues to propel market returns.
—Darla Mercado
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U.S. won’t renew USMCA
The Trump administration has decided not to renew its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews of the treaty that President Donald Trump once called “the best agreement we’ve ever made.”
The widely anticipated decision on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as USMCA, was revealed Wednesday, the deadline for the three North American trade partners to determine whether they would renew their agreement for another 16-year term.
— Kevin Breuninger
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Stock futures open near the flatline
U.S. stock futures traded near the flatline on Wednesday evening.
Futures tied to the Dow Industrials were down 79 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures were off 0.1%, as were Nasdaq 100 futures.
— Fred Imbert
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