Trader is reflected in a screen as he works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange in New YorkBy way of Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures had been little modified on Monday, within the wake of the perfect two-week strengthen for the S&P 500 in five months, and in advance of data on the housing market. The benchmark S&P 500 has risen 3.7 p.c over the last two weeks, the index’s absolute best fortnight given that July, due to the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin winding down its stimulus measures on indicators of business improvement. The Dow has jumped 25.eight percent and the Nasdaq 37.7 % this yr. “This market was once one who carried out higher than all expectations and did that regardless of an making improvements to yet sluggish economic system,” stated Andre Bakhos, managing director at Janlyn Capital LLC in Bernardsville, New Jersey.