Stock futures flat as investors grapple with higher yields, wait for Fed minutes: live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, United States, September 29, 2026.
Jeenah Moon | Reuters
Stock futures were little changed late Sunday as investors remained frustrated by high Treasury yields and waited for minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for clues on the central bank’s next interest rate move.
Futures contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 53 points, or 0.1%, and S&P 500 Futures Contracts increased by 0.1%. Nasdaq-100 Futures Contracts were up 0.2%
In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained more than 1.7%, while the broader Topix index rose 0.79%. The Australian reference S&P/ASX200 was 0.53% higher. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed for holidays.
On Friday, US stocks closed the week higher, with star stocks Dow adding 250 points, or 0.5%, to close at 51,176.46, while the broader market S&P500 rose 0.7% to 7,722.72. The heavy on technology Nasdaq Composite rose 1.2% to 27,190.86, after hitting an all-time high earlier in the session.
Stocks are coming off a week marked by rising Treasury yields and a surprisingly lackluster jobs report that helped ease concerns about another Fed rate hike this month. The data provided some relief after a week of pressure from rising bond yields.
Treasury yields nevertheless remain a major concern for investors, Return over 10 years hitting its highest level in more than two decades and raising concerns that higher borrowing costs could weigh on stocks even if the Fed keeps rates steady in the near term.
Technology stocks led Friday’s advance, with Nvidia hitting an all-time intraday high and the Nasdaq hitting a record. Investors will be watching to see if this momentum continues into the new week.
With a busy economic calendar, investors will be monitoring geopolitical and market developments before the start of earnings season.
“The light data schedule means investors will react to the ebb and flow of geopolitical and market-specific developments, compared to the latest round of reasonably favorable economic reports, all before the reporting season unofficially begins with JP Morgan earnings on Oct. 13,” said Gary Schlossberg, global strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
On Monday, investors will be watching the Services Activity Report from the Institute for Supply Management. Also on the calendar are the minutes of the Fed’s September meeting on Wednesday and the preliminary October consumer confidence report from the University of Michigan, due Friday.
Still on deck this week for the current earnings season are Constellation Brands, Levi Strauss, PepsiCo, Delta Air Lines and others.
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