Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
March 25, 2020
By Uday Sampath Kumar
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, putting Wall Street on course to extend its massive bounce from the previous session, as Washington reached a deal on a $2 trillion stimulus package to help ease some economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Senate will vote on the bill later on Wednesday and the House of Representatives is expected to follow soon after.
At 05:24 a.m. EDT, Dow e-minis <1YMcv1> were up 741 points, or 3.6%, S&P 500 e-minis <EScv1> were up 54 points, or 2.21% and Nasdaq 100 e-minis <NQcv1> were up 187 points, or 2.48%.
SPDR S&P 500 ETFs <SPY.P> were up 2.61%.
The S&P 500 index <.SPX> closed up 9.38% at 2,447.33 on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
