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U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with gains, putting Wall Street on track to break a four-day losing streak that dimmed the end of its stellar 2024. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% at the open of trading Thursday following its longest losing streak since early September.

U.S. stocks looked set to trade in the green on Thursday, a welcome change after investors’ jitters about elevated interest rates and the deficit fueled a selloff over the final weeks of 2024. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 354 points,

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.58% while the S&P 500 lost 1.12%. The Dow Jones shed 333 points to end the day.