US stock futures were steady Monday night as investors took time to settle following a record close for the Dow Jones.

Investors were bracing for futures to start trading later on Sunday after the U.S. captured Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.

Futures linked to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched higher on Monday after losses in the previous week, partially boosted by oil companies that surged following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States in a military strike.

Major stock indexes soared Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high, after the U.S. military seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro over the weekend.

Stock futures were trading mostly flat ahead of the opening bell on Tuesday. The major U.S. indexes saw back-to-back days of slight losses during the past two trading days. It remains to be seen wheth

Dow Jones futures, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures, traded slightly lower ahead of Tuesday's open, after the stock market rally Monday. Late Monday, NvidiaNVDA Chief Executive Jensen Huang announced a new artificial intelligence chip,

Major stock indexes ended lower for a fourth straight session on the final trading day of 2025, although they posted double-digit gains for the year.

Futures tied to the main U.S. equity indices were mostly in positive territory ahead of the first full trading week of the new year. Crude prices moved lower following the U.S. capture of the leader of major oil producer Venezuela,