U.S. stock futures were steady early Sunday evening, registering modest gains, following the shooting of former President Donald Trump who survived with minor injuries at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by law enforcement.
Investors will continue to digest the events over the weekend heading into a full week of earnings as the second quarter reporting season heats up with Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs and AmEx set to release results.
U.S. equities have been on a tear with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, topping 40,000, while the S&P 500 hovers near an all-time high, as the market preps for a potential rate cut as early as September following last week’s cooling CPI inflation data.