September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24)are up +0.15%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.28% this morning as growing optimism that the U.S. will avoid a recession buoyed sentiment, while investors looked ahead to U.S. consumer confidence data and comments from a Federal Reserve official. In yesterday’s trading session, Wall Street’s major indexes closed higher, with the benchmark S&P 500, blue-chip Dow, and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 notching 2-week highs. Ulta Beauty (ULTA) surged over +11% and was the top percentage gainer on the S&P 500 after a 13F filing revealed that Wa…