Outlook 12/31: U.S. stock futures hugged the flatline overnight before the final trading session of 2020, with investors looking to bid farewell to a pandemic-stricken year and pop open the champagne for breakfast. While trading desks will be lightly staffed, the stock market, as well as energy and gold futures, will be open for a full trading session on New Year's Eve, though the bond market will close up shop a little early at 2 p.m. ET. It's been a crazy past 12 months for equities, which started the year at records, followed by a bear market, then another record high. The SP500 is up 15.5% for the year and the Dow has advanced 6.6%, while the Nasdaq has soared more than 43%.
/ESH21 Value: YVAH 3734 YPOC 3730 YVAL 3725 GAP 3722.50
/ES Plan: Last session market closed balanced, and overnight continues on that way, moving below yesterday's value, so these are the initial balance options for today:
