Wake Up Wall Street: Dow Jones Notches Ninth Straight Day of Gains

U.S. stock futures are rising Thursday, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its 10th straight day of gains.

Author:: Edward Hardy
Publish date:: Feb 23, 2017 7:41 AM EST

This is what you need to know before the market opens:

1. The Dow Jones closed Wednesday at 20,775, notching its ninth straight day with a record finish. That marks its longest record-making streak in 30 years.

2. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, said the strong U.S. dollar is a reflection of confidence in the U.S. economy and its performance compared with the rest of the world and was a "good thing" in the long run.

3. Tesla (TSLA) - Get Report shares rose 2.1% in premarket trading Thursday after the electric carmaker posted a fourth-quarter loss of $121.3 million, or 78 cents a share, which was much narrower than its year-earlier loss of $320.4 million.

4. Barclays (BCS) - Get Report posted weaker-than-expected full-year earnings but saw its shares rise in London after the U.K. lender said it would complete its restructuring program six months earlier than planned.