Stock Index Futures Dip in Thin Pre-Christmas Trade, U.S. Jobless Claims Data on Tap

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH26) are down -0.06%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH26) are down -0.07% this morning ahead of a holiday-shortened pre-Christmas trading session. The U.S. stock markets will close early at 1 p.m. Eastern Time today and remain closed on Thursday in observance of the Christmas holiday. In yesterday’s trading session, Wall Street’s major indexes ended in the green, with the S&P 500 notching a record high. Most members of the Magnificent Seven stocks advanced, with Nvidia (NVDA) rising over +3% to lead gainers in the Dow and Amazon.com (AMZN) gaining more than +1%. Also,…