
U.S. stocks appear set for a cautious start on Tuesday, as investors tread carefully after major indexes began December on a negative note.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman plans to tell lawmakers in the House on Tuesday that she will work to set new rules for banks and stablecoins to encourage innovation in a “responsible manner.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve conducted one of its largest overnight repo operations since the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, injecting $13.5 billion of liquidity into the U.S. banking system. It injected $29.4 billion of liquidity on Oct. 31, 2025, the highest since the COVID-era repo operations.
Dow Jones futures were up by 0.08%, the S&P 500 futures gained 0.12%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100’s futures rose 0.22%. Futures of the Russell 2000 index were up by 0.5%.
Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was up by 0.1% at the time of writing, Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) gained 0.17% on Tuesday morning, and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) edged up by 0.02%. Retail sentiment around the S&P 500 ETF on Stocktwits was in the ‘bullish’ territory.
Asian markets ended Tuesday’s trading session on a largely positive note, with the KOSPI leading with gains of 1.87%, followed by the TWSE Capitalization Weighted Stock index at 0.8%, the Hang Seng at 0.12%, and the Nikkei 225 at 0.08%.
The Shanghai Composite declined 0.42%.
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