Outlook 12/31: Stock futures slip slightly as benchmark gets set to close out 2025 with 17% gain. Initial jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 199,000 for the week ended Dec. 27, down 16,000 from the prior week’s level and below the consensus forecast for 220,000. Claims started December at 237,000 and declined each week thereafter. Stocks are headed for their fourth-straight losing session, although the declines have been mild and the SP500 is still set to lock in a 17% gain for the year, its third straight double-digit annual gain. Nasdaq has ridden AI enthusiasm to a 21% advance.
ESH26 (Mar2026): YVAH 6954 YPOC 6952 YVAL 6945 GAP 6945
/ES Plan: Yesterday market closed balanced, and overnight session continues on that way, moving within previous value, so these're the opening and initial balance options for current session:
