(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the lede, the headline, and the earnings data were updated in the story.)
U.S. stock futures pared earlier losses to advance on Tuesday following Monday’s positive close. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher.
Gold and Silver staged a rebound from Monday’s low; however, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was still trading below the $80,000 per coin mark.
Meanwhile, the federal government entered a partial shutdown Saturday, which will affect the release of economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The House is set to vote on a crucial funding bill on Tuesday, but the bill’s passage remains uncertain due to a lack of support from both Democrats and some Republicans.
Additionally, on Monday, President Donald Trump announced a major U.S.–India trade agreement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that lowers reciprocal tariffs on the South Asian nation from 25% to 18%.
The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.29%, and the two-year bond was at 3.58%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 91% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged in March.
| Index | Performance (+/-) |
| Dow Jones | 0.06% |
| S&P 500 | 0.29% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 0.55% |
| Russell 2000 | 0.37% |
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, were higher in premarket on Tuesday. The SPY was up 0.28% at $697.37, while the QQQ advanced 0.54% to $629.50.
Stocks In Focus
Palantir Technologies
- Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumped 10.84% in premarket on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issuing FY26 sales guidance above estimates.
- PLTR maintains a stronger price trend over the long term but a weak trend in the short and medium terms, with a solid growth ranking, as per Benzinga’s Edge Stock …