U.S. stock futures were fluctuating on Thursday following Wednesday's record advances. Futures of major benchmark indices were mixed.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are rising in premarket trading. Treasury yields are up and Bitcoin prices are climbing.

Stocks finished higher on Wednesday even after the U.S. government entered a shutdown and an ADP private-sector jobs report showed weakness.

Major stock indexes erased early declines to close higher for a fourth consecutive session Wednesday, shaking off a U.S. government shutdown and a surprising decrease in private-sector jobs.

Nvidia stock dropped 0.7% Wednesday premarket, threatening to snap a four-day winning streak. Shares broke out past a 184.48 buy point Tuesday, per IBD MarketSurge, hitting a record high. Finally, Tesla shares moved 0.3% lower, on pace to end a three-day win streak. Shares are extended above a 367.71 buy point following strong gains in September.

Investors kick off the week monitoring Washington, D.C., to gauge the threat of a government shutdown as gold prices soar and the dollar drops.

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Amgen and Merck both climbed more than 5%, to push the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.1% to its second straight record. Thermo Fisher, Biogen and Eli Lilly were among the top gainers in the S&P 500, which added 0.3%. Pfizer rose 6.8% and Johnson & Johnson added 0.3%.

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