Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 29, 2026. <\/p>\n
Jeenah Moon | Reuters<\/p>\n
Stock futures rose on Sunday evening as traders look toward a slew of central bank decisions this week. <\/p>\n
S&P 500 futures<\/a> were up 0.4% while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures<\/a> added 128 points, or 0.2%. <\/a>Nasdaq-100 futures<\/a> gained 0.6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n The U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan will all announce their rate decisions this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, respectively. <\/p>\n Asian markets were mixed on Monday. The broad based Topix was up 0.37%, but the benchmark Nikkei 225<\/a> lost 0.2%. South Korea’s Kospi<\/a> declined 0.3%, while the the small-cap Kosdaq saw a larger loss, dropping 1.18%.<\/p>\n Australia’s S&P\/ASX 200<\/a> was 0.26% lower. <\/p>\n Oil prices were lower on Monday in Asia, with Brent futures<\/a> falling 1.31% to trade at $115.19 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate<\/a> slid 1.5% to $101.83 per barrel. <\/p>\n Brent crude had hit its highest level since April last Friday amid news reports<\/a> that the U.S. and Israel could be planning to launch strikes on Iran after the midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n Higher oil prices and a broadening sell-off that hit many market sectors dragged the three major averages to losses on Friday. The Dow<\/a> fell more than 650 points, while the S&P 500<\/a> lost 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite<\/a> dropped 0.2%<\/p>\n The sell-off also dragged the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to back-to-back weekly losses.<\/p>\n France, whose 10-year bond yield<\/a> touched 5% last week for the first time since 2002<\/a>, got a reprieve from recent turmoil after Moody’s decided to maintain its Aa3 credit rating<\/a> and negative outlook on the nation. Traders feared that the nation, the second-largest economy in the euro zone, would be heading for a downgrade amid its surging borrowing costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n “A significant and sustained fiscal effort will still be needed beyond the presidential elections of April and May 2027 to bring France’s public finances onto stronger footing and stabilise a debt burden that will exceed 120% of GDP in 2027,” the agency said Friday.<\/p>\n Moody’s added it could upgrade France’s outlook to stable if the country’s institutions can reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n