Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 23, 2023.
Target(TGT.N) shares advanced 14.2% before the bell as the big-ticket retailer forecast fourth-quarter profit largely above Wall Street expectations on easing supply-chain costs.
The upbeat forecast also lifted shares of rival Walmart (WMT.N) up 1.2%.
Separately, retail sales are expected to have slipped 0.3% on a month-over-month basis in October after 0.7% increase in September.
ET, Dow e-minis were up 114 points, or 0.33%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 18.75 points, or 0.42%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 93.25 points, or 0.59%.
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Brendan McDermid, Stuart Cole, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Biden, JD.com, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Sruthi Shankar, Amruta, Shinjini Ganguli, Maju Samuel
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