Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver ahead of retail earnings
Grace O'Donnell · Editor, Special Projects
Updated Mon, August 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM GMT+3 1 min read
US stock futures wavered on Monday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve's next policy move and awaited a slate of retail earnings this week.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.1%. Those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) traded near the flat line after the benchmark index posted its third straight weekly gain. Contracts for the Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) rose 0.4% after a relatively calm week on Wall Street.
Investor attention turns toward retail earnings and oil prices this week, with fewer market-moving economic data releases on the calendar. Big-box stores, including Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Lowe's (LOW), and Home Depot (HD), report quarterly results this week, providing insights into consumer health during the important back-to-school shopping season.
Traders, meanwhile, pulled back the odds of a September rate hike at the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting to less than one-third, as inflation and jobs data have created a mixed economic picture.
Oil prices remain a key factor for markets and the Fed as the US takes an economic approach to the war in the Middle East. Brent crude (BZ=F) futures, the international benchmark, edged up to $88 per barrel on Monday. At the same time, financial markets have tightened, with the 10-year (^TNX) and 30-year (^TYX) Treasury yields rising 5 basis points as of Friday's close.
The Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes, released on Wednesday, could offer more clues into the Fed officials' thinking.
Yorumlar (0)
Giriş yaparak yorum yazabilirsin.
İlk yorumu sen yaz.