Traders work on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday, November 6, 2026, in New York, USA.
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U.S. stock futures traded near a flat line Monday night as traders awaited key consumer inflation reports.
S&P500 futures Futures rose slightly in tandem, but Dow Jones Industrial Average The difference was only 18 points. Nasdaq 100 futures Added 0.2%.
In Asia, Korean Kospi It rose 4.3% on Tuesday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 2.89% and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.27%. hong kong Hang Seng Index rose 0.42%, and the mainland’s CSI300 rose 0.26%.
During regular U.S. trading day, dow industrials stock increased by 1,104 points (2.2%). S&P500 It rose by about 2.4%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 2.7%. Monday’s gains come after an eventful week for markets, with traders increasingly worried about an impending slowdown in data center construction following Democratic Party victories in the midterm elections.
The tech sector rallied in Monday’s regular session, but Nvidia did not participate in the rally.
The company’s stock price fell 4% after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted on Sunday to having an affair with a woman who U.S. intelligence officials say was a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security, the New York Times reported. The company’s board also launched an independent internal investigation, pointing to recent reports that Hwang was “the target of foreign intelligence operations.”
Oil prices also fell on Monday, supporting the market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures fell more than 4%. brent crude oil futures It fell more than 5%.
Investors are awaiting the release of the October Consumer Price Index report on Tuesday. According to a survey of economists compiled by Dow Jones, the composite CPI is expected to rise 0.3% from the previous month, while the core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, is expected to rise 0.2% from the previous month.
This would mark a slowdown from September’s readings, when headline CPI rose 0.6% and core CPI rose 0.3%.
“We believe the slowdown in core CPI is primarily driven by a reversal in owner-equivalent rents and away-from-home accommodation prices. Similarly, stable diesel prices should help ease price pressures on energy-intensive goods,” said Christopher Hodge, chief U.S. economist at Natixis CIB Americas.
Due to the government shutdown in 2025, no annual statistics will be provided in Tuesday’s report. At the time, no comparable numbers existed for this index because the Bureau of Labor Statistics was unable to collect some data.
