Good Friday morning traders and investors of the r/stocks sub! Welcome to the final trading day of the week. Here are your pre-market movers & news on this Friday, May the 19th, 2023-

Stock futures are flat as S&P 500 aims for biggest weekly gain since March: Live updates

Stock futures were little changed Friday as Wall Street continued monitoring the situation surrounding the debt ceiling.

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Futures connected to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 21 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 gained 0.1%. Nasdaq-100 futures fell marginally.

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The major averages are headed for weekly gains. The S&P 500 is up 1.8% week to date through Thursday’s close. That would be its biggest one-week advance since March. The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, has risen 3.3% for the week. That would also be its best weekly performance since March. The Dow is up 0.7%.

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A chunk of those gains came Thursday, as traders mounted bets that a U.S. debt ceiling deal could be reached. Comments from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Thursday seemed to suggest a potential deal could come as soon as next week.

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“There is some uncertainty about when the government will be unable to meet its obligations in terms of running out of money, so that does create some uncertainty,” said Yung-Yu Ma, chief investment strategist at BMO Wealth Management. “And so, it’s still a risky environment, but one which we believe will ultimately see an outcome that is not too damaging to the markets – on a long-term basis, at least.”

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The tail-end of earnings season continues Friday with results from Deere and Foot Locker before the bell.

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Friday marks a light day for economic data, although comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and New York Fed President John Williams are on deck.

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I hope you all have an excellent final trading day of this week ahead on this Friday, May 19th, 2023! :)