US stock futures edged higher Sunday night as investors geared up for a packed week of economic data and corporate earnings, following a turbulent stretch that ended with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a record close above 50,000 on Friday.
Futures linked to the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose 0.4%, while Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ=F) climbed about 0.6%. Dow futures (YM=F) edged up 0.2%.
On Friday, the Dow (^DJI) surged more than 1,200 points, or 2.5%, notching its first-ever close above 50,000 after briefly crossing the milestone intraday. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) both finished up around 2%, as Wall Street recovered from a week of heavy losses driven by a tech-led sell-off.
Software shares bore the brunt of the pressure last week, while a broader risk-off mood developed in response to AI expenditure reaching new heights. Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG), Meta (META), and Microsoft (MSFT) have planned a combined spend of $650 billion in a development race with no clear frontrunner.
The markets’ comeback is set to run head first into a week packed with key economic data, with the delayed January employment report scheduled for release Wednesday. The data was originally slated for last Friday but was postponed due to the partial government shutdown. Expectations are muted after ADP reported just 22,000 private-sector job additions last month, down from 140,000 in the same period last year.
Also on deck is January’s consumer price index, set for release Friday following its own shutdown-related delay. On the earnings front, releases from Coca-Cola (KO), McDonald’s (MCD), Cisco (CSCO), and ON Semiconductor (ON) highlight the week.
Those reports will help shape expectations for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path ahead, as investors weigh how US monetary policy could evolve under President Trump’s pick to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell, former Fed governor Kevin Warsh.
Although Warsh is widely viewed as a policy hawk and served at the central bank during the 2008 financial crisis, his nomination sparked only a short-lived lift in the greenback, with the dollar index (DX-Y.NYB) down 10% since Trump took office.
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Stock market coverage for Monday, February 9, 2026.






