Category: Market Summary

Futures tied to major U.S. equity benchmarks hovered slightly below flat levels as investors waited for another round of earnings from leading American banks. China reported a record trade surplus for 2025, highlighting efforts to redirect exports away from the U.S. last year. Gold climbed to a fresh all-time high on expectations of future U.S.…

After recovering from initial weakness to end Monday’s session modestly higher, stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. The major averages spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line before eventually ending the day in negative territory. The Dow slid 398.21 points or 0.8…

U.S. stock index futures are signaling a modestly positive start to trading on Tuesday, suggesting equities may build on the rebound seen late in the previous session, which ended with mild gains after an early dip. Futures ticked higher after the release of the U.S. Labor Department’s closely followed December inflation report. The data showed…

Futures tied to the main U.S. equity benchmarks traded modestly lower on Tuesday, as investors positioned themselves for a key inflation release and the opening wave of quarterly earnings. Markets are also digesting political fallout linked to an investigation involving the Federal Reserve, while oil prices continued to climb amid unrest in Iran. Futures ease…

Stocks moved to the downside at the start of trading on Monday but showed a notable recovery over the course of the session. The major averages climbed well off their lows of the session and into positive territory, with the Dow and the S&P 500 reaching new record closing highs. The major averages pulled back…

U.S. equity index futures extended losses on Monday as concerns mounted over the independence of the Federal Reserve, following confirmation that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into testimony by Fed Chair Jerome Powell regarding cost overruns tied to a $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank’s Washington headquarters. By 05:50 ET, Dow…

U.S. equity futures were pointing lower at the start of a busy week for markets, with attention centred on renewed political scrutiny of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and escalating unrest in Iran. Powell moved into focus late Sunday after suggesting that a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into a Federal Reserve renovation project was…

Stocks showed a lack of direction early in the session on Friday but moved mostly higher over the course of the trading day. The major averages all climbed firmly into positive territory, with the Dow and the S&P 500 reaching new record closing highs. The major averages ended the day off their highs of the…

U.S. stock index futures are indicating a stronger start to Friday’s session, with equities poised to move higher after two straight days of mixed closes. Sentiment has been lifted by the release of the Labor Department’s closely followed December employment report, which appears to have been taken positively by markets. Although job growth came in…

US equity futures were largely unchanged as investors positioned cautiously ahead of key monthly employment data and a potential Supreme Court ruling on the White House’s far-reaching import tariffs. Attention is also on Washington, where President Donald Trump is expected to meet oil industry leaders amid renewed focus on Venezuela’s energy assets, while mining heavyweights…