The stock market was strong Tuesday outside growth. SAP led earnings movers late. Tesla, Google and GE Vernova are due Wednesday.

Tuesday closed up +0.06%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.40%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.50%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25) rose +0.01%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU25) fell -0.

Major U.S. stock futures indicate a mostly steady start to Tuesday’s trading session, with investors showing caution after modest gains in the previous day’s market close. Traders are holding back from making aggressive moves as the August 1 deadline for President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal tariffs” approaches,

CME Group and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced a ten-year extension of CME Group's exclusive license to offer futures and options on futures based on the Nasdaq-100 and other Nasdaq indexes, through 2039.

(Reuters) -Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Wednesday as signs that U.S. tariff policies were clouding corporate outlooks and spurring inflation weighed on record-high markets. U.S.

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Stock futures were mostly flat on Tuesday (July 22), following record closes for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in the previous session. Futures linked to the S&P 500 hovered just below the flatline,