The move in futures comes after a broadly positive day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.61% for its fifth straight positive session. The Dow fell 0.64%, weighed down by UnitedHealth, but is still up on the week.

U.S. equity futures nudged lower in early Tuesday trading as investors hit pause on one of the strongest rallies of the year heading into a key inflation reading prior to the opening bell. Stocks ended firmly higher on Monday,

The S&P 500 is positive in 2025 as Nvidia flashed a buy signal on Saudi AI news. Palantir and Carvana led breakouts.

Monthly data for the consumer price index showed that prices rose 0.2% in April, which is what analysts on Wall Street had forecasted. That puts CPI at 2.3% year-over-year and core CPI at 2.8%. Bullish stock-index futures traders appeared pleased with the data.

U.S. stock futures dropped Tuesday morning as investor focus shifted from the recent U.S.-China tariff truce to the April CPI report, a key inflation update that could influence Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

US stock futures shot higher on Monday ... US tech stocks rallied across the board on the news of a US-China trade deescalation, lifting futures on the Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F).

Stocks are soaring Monday as investors cheer weekend talks that saw China and the U.S. agree to slash tariffs on each other for at least 90 days. Data indicate that institutions were already lagging behind the stock-market bounce that had seen the S&P 500 take back much of its post-April 2 selloff,

Dow futures surge as Wall Street reacts to positive signs from the weekend’s U.S.-China trade talks. Investors cheered the progress after both nations hinted at a deal to ease trade tensions. With stock futures rising and the dollar gaining strength,

Stock futures on Wall Street surged Sunday evening ... in tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The market-friendly momentum followed a weekend of high-level trade talks in ...

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Already positive stock markets took another big step higher as DJIA futures soared 940 points, S&P 500 futures jumped 2.8% and Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 3.6%.