As investors are ready to wrap up a prosperous year 2025, stock futures displayed a mixed performance on Monday. This comes after the S&P 500 reached new record heights, which prompted traders to take action. Both the S&P 500 futures and the Nasdaq-100 futures had a decrease of 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively. The futures contracts that are affiliated with the Dow Jones Industrial Average showed a rather minor movement above the neutral line. A decrease of more than one percent was seen in the share price of Nvidia during the premarket, which was similar to the moves seen in Micron Technology and Oracle.

On Friday, the S&P 500 achieved an intraday high of 6,945.77 before finishing the session slightly below breakeven. These moves originate from the fact that the index reached that high. A spectacular year has been seen, as evidenced by the fact that the benchmark index has experienced a growth of 17.7% in the year 2025. There has been a 14.5% increase in the Dow, which places it in a position to achieve its most robust performance since the year 2021. To this point in the year, the Nasdaq Composite has shown outstanding success, as seen by a 22.2% increase in value.

Market is currently going through what is known as the Santa Claus rally period, which is a period that has traditionally been described as a healthy phase for the stock market. According to the reports, the S&P 500 has, on average, experienced a gain of more than one percent between the final five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new year. This trend has been observed since 1950.

Investors will be provided with fresh insight into the perspective of the Federal Reserve as we move closer to the year 2026, despite the fact that the economic data schedule for the week appears to be somewhat lackluster. On Wednesday at 2:00 pm, the minutes of the central bank’s meeting that took place in December are scheduled to be made public.