On a lean day of economic announcements, investors might be focusing on geopolitical developments.
The Labor Department reports on Consumer and Producer price inflation for March is scheduled this week.
Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open mostly down.
As of 8.00 am ET, the Dow futures were up 4.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were down 1.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were declining 7.00 points.
The U.S. major averages finished Friday’s session firmly in positive territory. The Nasdaq surged 199.44 points or 1.2 percent to 16,248.52, the S&P 500 jumped 57.13 points or 1.1 percent to 5,204.34 and the Dow advanced 307.06 points or 0.8 percent to 38,904.04.
On the economic front, the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari to participate in conversation with Missoula community members and University of Montana faculty and students.
The 3-month and six-month Treasury bills auctions will be held at 11.30 am ET.
Asian stocks ended Monday’s session on a muted note. Chinese markets fell notably, after a two-day holiday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite index dropped 0.72 percent to 3,047.05.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index finished marginally higher at 16,732.
Japanese markets rebounded, and the Nikkei average gained 0.91 percent to 39,347.04. The broader Topix index settled 0.95 percent higher at 2,728.32.
Australian stocks eked out modest gains. The benchmark S&P ASX 200 inched up 0.20 percent to 7,789.10 while the broader All Ordinaries index finished up 0.24 percent at 8,044.90.
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