(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock index futures gained for a second day after the Bank of Japan expanded stimulus and investors looked out for further signs of progress in the global fight against the coronavirus.Contracts on the S&P 500 rose 1% as of 6:42 a.m. in London, while futures climbed 1.2% on the Nasdaq 100 Index and 1.1% on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The BOJ scrapped a limitation on buying government bonds and ramped up its purchases of corporate debt, joining global counterparts in their unprecedented expansion of stimulus. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 2%.“The BOJ announcement of unlimited …read more
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