Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Futures Gain As Jobs Data Weighs On Outlook-Lennar, Micron Technology, Children’s Place In Focus

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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday’s mixed close. Futures of major benchmark indices advanced. November’s delayed and distorted jobs report, released on Tuesday, failed to provide clarity, widening the divide among Wall Street economists debating whether the rise to 4.6% unemployment signals a controlled cooling or the start of a “hiring recession.” Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.16% and the two-year bond was at 3.50%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing an 80.1% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ…