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Stocks kept pushing higher Sunday night as traders and investors ended June with risk still very much on the table. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both rose by 0.1%, while Dow futures climbed 130 points, or 0.3%, according to data from CNBC. The market is now grinding toward the end of a strong month, even with global trade threats still lingering under Donald Trump’s second term. Traders are reacting fast to every development, but so far, the worst of Trump’s tariff moves haven’t hit, and that’s kept money flowing into stocks. The gains come after weeks of volatile headlines out of Washington and Beijing, with investors watching every trade comment. For now, the fear that tariff threats might become full-blown policies hasn’t played out. That relief helped the S&P 500 rally 4.4% in June. The Nasdaq, stacked with tech names, is up almost 6.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added around 3.7%. This rally has been fast and loud. Just two months ago in April, the S&P 500 was nearly 18% underwater for the year. Now it’s closing out the month with a fresh four-month high, finishing Friday’s session 0.5% higher at 6,173.07, overtaking the previous record of 6,147.43. Indexes break records while earnings chatter grows louder The Nasdaq Composite ended Friday at an all-time high too, rising 0.5% by the close. The Dow finished the week nearly 1% higher. The move wasn’t just driven by lower fear around trade. Company earnings are starting to guide the conversation again. John Butters, senior earnings analyst at FactSet, said more S&P 500 companies are giving optimistic guidance than usual. Of the 110 companies that have issued EPS guidance so far for the second quarter, 51 issued upbeat projections. That’s better than the five-year average of 42 and the 10-year average…

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