Nasdaq Futures Rise 2% as U.S. Stock Index Contracts Advance

Nasdaq futures rose 2% Wednesday morning as contracts tied to the S&P 500 and Dow also gained, giving crypto traders tracking broader risk appetite a cross-market signal.

At 7:07 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures were up 0.9%, while Dow Jones futures had gained 0.19%. The Nasdaq move exceeded the S&P gain by 1.1 percentage points and the Dow gain by 1.81 percentage points. It was about 2.2 times the S&P increase and roughly 10.5 times the Dow advance.

The figures were timestamped 20:07 Wednesday in China, or 7:07 a.m. ET (12:07 UTC). All three U.S. index futures were in positive territory at that observation, with Nasdaq contracts leading, S&P 500 futures in the middle and Dow futures showing the smallest gain. The spread among the reported moves showed a larger advance in Nasdaq futures than in the other two benchmarks.

For crypto traders tracking risk appetite, the update offers a snapshot of gains across three major U.S. equity indexes.