US Stock Futures Tick Up After Nasdaq Closes at Fresh All-Time High; Apple Expected to Unveil Latest iPhones

Major U.S. stock index futures pointed slightly up Tuesday, a day after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) advanced 0.5% to close at a fresh record high.

Nasdaq 100 futures were 0.1% higher about two hours before the opening bell, and those associated with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 (SPX) were up 0.1% and less than 0.1%, respectively.

Investors will be watching for news about the latest iPhones and other products from an Apple (AAPL) event today, as well as presentations from fellow tech giants Meta Platforms (META) and Broadcom (AVGO) at a Goldman Sachs conference. Oracle (ORCL) is slated to report fiscal 2026 first-quarter results after the close.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which affects borrowing costs on all sorts of consumer loans, rose to 4.07% today from 4.04% at Monday’s close.

Gold futures hit a record high yet again early Tuesday on expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its meeting next week. They were up 0.3% to about $3,690 an ounce in recent trading.

West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. crude oil benchmark, rose 0.8% to about $62.75 per barrel. They closed 1% higher Monday after three straight sessions of declines that had pushed prices to their lowest level in three months.

Bitcoin was trading around $112,700, up 0.5%. The cryptocurrency has come under pressure in recent weeks after hitting a record high of more than $124,000 in mid-August.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, ticked lower to 97.40.