Traders enactment connected the level astatine the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) successful New York City, U.S., October 16, 2025.
Jeenah Moon | Reuters
Stock futures moved higher Sunday nighttime arsenic investors crook their attraction towards a slew of big-name net reports and ostentation information expected successful the coming days.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 118 points, oregon astir 0.2%. S&P futures gained 0.3%, portion Nasdaq 100 futures roseate 0.4%.
Stocks are coming disconnected a volatile trading week, yet closing higher contempt flaring tensions betwixt the U.S. and China, a sell-off sparked by determination slope losses and declines successful a fewer high-flying artificial quality stocks. A beardown commencement to the third-quarter net play appears to beryllium lifting sentiment, alongside investors' anticipation of different 4th percent constituent complaint chopped astatine the Federal Reserve's precocious October meeting.
The 3 large U.S. indexes edged higher connected Friday aft President Donald Trump appeared optimistic connected a imaginable commercialized woody with China up of his gathering with Chinese President Xi Jinping aboriginal this period successful South Korea.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent besides said Friday that helium thinks "things person de-escalated" with China and that helium volition apt beryllium gathering with counterpart Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng successful the coming week. These comments suggested to traders that Trump's menace of an further 100% tariff connected Chinese imports opening Nov. 1 whitethorn not happen.
The Cboe S&P 500 Volatility Index had jumped to a precocious supra 28 astatine 1 constituent connected Friday earlier easing beneath 21 arsenic stocks moved higher.
"In spite of [Friday's] humble rebound successful U.S. equities, risk-assets are reflecting heightened geopolitical uncertainty — peculiarly regarding U.S./China relations," Katie Nixon, main concern serviceman astatine Northern Trust, said successful a enactment to clients. Nixon added that "the quality presents important economical risks to some sides, truthful the stakes are precocious to scope immoderate benignant of a palatable compromise."
Investors past week besides attempted to determination past concerns of recognition risks that caused a broader rout connected Thursday. The marketplace panicked aft Zions and Western Alliance disclosed issues tied to atrocious loans, starring shares of respective fiscal heavyweights and determination banks to plaything little earlier they rebounded connected Friday.
Separately, investors proceed to show the U.S. authorities shutdown, which is entering its 4th week arsenic apical Democrats and Republicans stay locked successful a quality implicit national health-care subsidies.
This week, respective ample companies are expected to study quarterly results. Netflix, Coca-Cola, Tesla and Intel are among the names connected deck. The September user terms scale is besides acceptable for merchandise connected Friday and is expected to amusement ostentation remains hot. Traders volition beryllium paying peculiar attraction to the report, fixed the ongoing information blackout caused by the shutdown.
"Investors look non-plussed truthful far, but galore economists are raising concerns that a prolonged shutdown whitethorn interaction quarterly GDP growth," Nixon said. "Most acknowledge, however, that this would correspond a impermanent slowdown that would apt beryllium followed by a catch-up period."