Holiday Trading Impacts Stock Markets

On Tuesday, the major Wall Street stock markets experienced mostly lower trading during the premarket hours, influenced by the upcoming shortened holiday trading day. Trading will conclude at 1:00 pm ET today in anticipation of Christmas Eve. Notably, the markets will remain closed tomorrow for Christmas Day.

At 4:30 am ET, the Dow Jones showed a decline of 0.12%, while the Nasdaq 100 decreased by 0.13%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 remained relatively stable, showing no significant change.

In currency trading, the euro faced a 0.09% decrease against the dollar at 4:29 am ET, trading at $1.03965.