Stock futures are little changed to start November trading: Live updates

Stock futures were small changed connected Sunday night, arsenic a caller period of trading begins.

S&P 500 futures ticked higher by 0.1% on with Nasdaq-100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures precocious 16 points, oregon little than 0.1%.

Wall Street is coming disconnected a winning league that added to the benchmark's October gains. The S&P 500 and Dow industrials climbed 2.3% and 2.5%, respectively, for the month. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, gaining 4.7%.

Those gains were driven successful portion by continued momentum successful the artificial quality commercialized arsenic good arsenic signs of easing commercialized tensions betwixt the U.S. and China.

More than 300 S&P 500 companies person posted third-quarter results frankincense far. Of those, implicit 80% person beaten expectations, according to FactSet. Wall Street volition get different 100-plus companies reporting this week, including AI-related names Palantir and AMD.

"Fundamentally, the U.S. net representation remains beardown and supported by these 3 factors: AI spending visibility remains beardown and Amazon's beardown 3Q25 study is the latest grounds of this; financials are driving innovation via blockchain; the Fed is dovish and lowering involvement rates; and QT (quantitative tightening) is ending Dec 1," wrote Tom Lee, caput of probe astatine Fundstrat.

Wall Street whitethorn get a seasonality boost this month. Data from the Stock Trader's Almanac shows the S&P 500 averages a 1.8% summation successful November, making it the strongest period historically for the benchmark.

Investors besides kept an oculus connected Washington, arsenic the U.S. authorities remains unopen down. The stoppage has delayed respective cardinal economical information releases, including the monthly jobs report.

On apical of that, the Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments connected legality of the Trump administration's tariffs.