Markets Rise Amid Rate-Cut Hopes as Tech Rally Rolls On

Stocks looked set to rise on Friday, with investors now confident the Federal Reserve will have scope to cut interest rates in 2026 following a sharp pullback in November inflation.Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were broadly flat, S&P 500 futures climbed 0.1%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were up 0.2%.The Dow and S&P 500 each snapped four-day losing streaks on Thursday, after the delayed November consumer-price index showed there had been a surprise slowdown in inflatio ...