Investing.com - Here’s a preview of the top 3 things that could rock markets tomorrow.
1. Trade Again Calls the Tune
While many traders will be away from the market tomorrow, getting a head start on the Labor Day three-day weekend, that doesn’t necessarily mean the market will be quiet.
Low-volume days can mean some pretty wild swings in stocks, especially at the end of the month.
The big wild card is trade negotiations.
Stocks took a sharp hit in afternoon trading today after a report President Donald Trump has told aides he wants to go ahead and implement tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods next week.
The S&P Materials Sector index, which is sensitive to trade issues, ended down about 1.25% on the day.
At the start of the week, there was lots of optimism in the market about a foreseeable end to North American trade battles when the U.S. struck a bilateral deal with Mexico.
But negotiations with Canada for a trilateral deal that will revise NAFTA are still ongoing.
Trump’s morning tweets will be closely watched tomorrow for anything hinting at a trade deal. If there are no signs, there could be some tense trading on the last day of summer.
2. Amazon Watch Continues
Technology stocks will likely be a factor on how the week ends. They’ve been reasonably strong in recent trading.
Bullish calls by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) helped the Nasdaq Composite close above 8,000 for the first time this week.
In other milestones, Amazon has a chance to become the second U.S. company to hit $1 trillion in market capitalization.
Amazon finished up about 0.2% today at $2002.38. It needs to hit $2,053 tomorrow to make the magic number.
3. More Consumer Data on Tap
Following spending numbers that rose as expected today, there will be more figures on the health of the consumer tomorrow.
The University of Michigan will release its final August consumer confidence figures at 10:00 AM ET (14:00 GMT).
On average, economists expect that the consumer sentiment index came in at 95.5, slightly up from the preliminary figure.
The expectations index is also expected to tick higher from the initial measure to 87.5.