Stock futures fall ahead of Trump’s announcement on China – MarketWatch

U.S. stock index futures fell late Thursday, ahead of an expected announcement by President Donald Trump on China on Friday. As of midnight Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.47% were down about than 120 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.41% and Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, -0.37% fell about the same percentage. Stocks closed lower Thursday, falling sharply in the final hour of trading, after Trump said he would hold a news conference on China on Friday, rattling investors who had been enjoying a three-day rally on optimism about an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Dow DJIA, -0.57% closed down 147.63 points, or 0.6%, at 25,400.64, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.21% lost 6.40 points, or 0.2%, to end at 3,029.73 and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.46% closed 43.37 points, or 0.5%, lower at 9,368.99.