US Stocks-Nasdaq futures rise 1% as tech stocks snap again

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* Futures up: Dow .8%, S&P .9%, Nasdaq 1.1%

Nov 11 (Reuters) – U.S. inventory index futures jumped on Wednesday as indicators of a functioning COVID-19 vaccine lifted hopes of a faster-than-envisioned financial rebound even as some states braced for new company limitations to combat surging bacterial infections.

Nasdaq 100 futures had been up additional than 1% following underperforming this week, with technological innovation mega-caps including Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Fb Inc , the so-called stay-at-residence shares, gaining about 1% in premarket buying and selling.

Encouraging facts from a late-stage vaccine previously this week prompted a rotation absent from remain-at-residence beneficiaries, this sort of as technological know-how shares, and lifted need for stocks sensitive to financial growth, as well as people that have lagged this calendar year together with power, financials and industrials.

The prime U.S. infectious disease professional urged caution right up until a vaccine can be approved and dispersed, as California and many states across the U.S. Midwest tightened limits for citizens.

Marketplaces also bought a strengthen immediately after Democrat Joe Biden was projected the winner of the U.S. election on Saturday. When President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits demanding the outcomes, legal professionals say the litigation has very little possibility of shifting the end result.

At 06:39 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis have been up .78% and S&P E-minis attained .85%.

Lyft Inc jumped 5.5% following the journey-hailing application reported it was doing the job on a new support to choose a slice of the burgeoning food-shipping market place, as it operates to make up for a fall in quarterly income. (Reporting by Medha Singh in Bengaluru Enhancing by Shounak Dasgupta)