U.S. stock index futures were little unchanged in overnight trading on Wednesday.
as traders bet that the omicron variant's economic impacts won't be as severe as initially thought.
During regular trading the Dow and S&P 500 advanced 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively, with each registering a third straight day of gains. The S&P's gain over the last three days is the strongest of the year, according to MKM Partners. "The range of possibilities is still wide, but in the bigger picture, we think the odds are still very much in favor of the pandemic phase winding down," Bank of America wrote in a note to clients following the announcement. "In our view, COVID is here to stay, but a shift to the endemic phase is approaching where infections are common but severe outcomes / lockdowns / travel restrictions are not," the firm added.
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