Futures fall, Jeju Air crash, Jimmy Carter's legacy: 3 Things

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Stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) are falling in Monday's pre-market — one of the last full trading days of 2024 — as Wall Street's hopes for a Santa Claus rally begin to sour with markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) declining in the past several trading sessions.

South Korean officials order inspections of all of Boeing's (BA) 737-800 aircraft following a Jeju Air (089590.KS) plane crash that killed 179 people.

Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100, leaving behind a long political legacy with his administration notably contending with high inflation that saw gas prices surged and the Iranian hostage crisis.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.