Stock futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday as investors brace for another volatile week with President Donald Trump’s hospitalization adding more uncertainty to the market outlook ahead of Election Day.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 200 points. The S&P 500 futures and the Nasdaq 100 futures both rose about 0.7%.
Trump said in a minute-long video posted on Twitter late Sunday that “we are getting great reports from the doctors.” The president also took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters standing outside the hospital.
Still, Trump doesn’t seem to be out of the woods yet after his doctors said they had begun treating him with dexamethasone, a steroid recommended for severe cases of Covid-19. The president was said to have experienced two drops in his oxygen levels since his diagnosis announcement just before 1 a.m. ET on Friday.
Trump was transferred to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday after he was given antiviral drug remdesivir. Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Sunday that his condition has improved and may be discharged as soon as Monday.
“This announcement added yet another level of uncertainty to the election…an election that is in itself one of the many uncertainties surrounding the stock market,” Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, said in a note on Sunday.
After Trump’s diagnosis, Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the presidential race with 51% those polled backing him and 41% voting for Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
A win for the former vice president in November could spell headaches for Wall Street in the form of higher taxes and tighter regulations, but some also say it could lead to a bigger fiscal stimulus deal that would be good for stocks.
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