US equity-index futures advanced in early Asian trading, in a sign of renewed risk sentiment following the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut.
Contracts for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 advanced 0.4% in early trading Thursday. The moves followed a minor rally in post-market trading for some of the largest US equity exchange traded funds. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF climbed 0.1% and Invesco’s QQQ ETF gained in after-market trading, after minor declines in the main session. Contracts for Asian stocks were mixed.