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Hopes of ‘Santa rally’ looked to be alive again on Monday as S&P 500 futures were also climbing and Nasdaq 100 futures gained in premarket trading.

Hopes of ‘Santa rally’ looked to be alive again on Monday. An agreement to avoid a federal-government shutdown was adding to positivity over the latest inflation data. Dow Jones Industrial Average ...