Nasdaq Futures Climb 100 Points as Big Earnings Approach

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are all moving higher after last week's whipsaw price action. Investor focus is narrowing in on this week's big name earnings, which include reports from Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), and Intel (INTC).

A meeting Friday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump ended tense, with Trump saying Russia's claim for Donbas should be "cut the way it is." Traders continue to eye the government shutdown, which is entering its fourth week.

• Revisiting last week's trade and bank drama.
• Lesser known semiconductor stock for bulls.
• Plus, BA gets a rare win; Amazon's early morning blackout; and M&A buzz circles medtech giant.

5 Things You Need to Know Today

1. The Cboe Options Exchange saw more than 3.5 million call contracts and roughly 2.5 million put contracts exchanged on Friday. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 0.72, while the 21-day moving average remained at 0.58.
2. Embattled airplane manufacturer Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) is up 1.5% ahead of the open, after an allowance was made for the company to increase 737 MAX production to 42 planes per month, above the previously allowed 38. Up 20% year-to-date, BA has been enjoying support at the $210 level.
3. Big tech name Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is up 0.2% before the bell, attempting to brush off an early morning services outage out of its Web Services unit. The blackout impacted Snap (SNAP), Coinbase (COIN), Roblox (RBLX), and more. AMZN has been struggling on the charts, Friday marking a fourth-straight drop, now off 3% in 2025.
4. Hologic Inc (NASDAQ:HOLX) is up 5.4% in pre-market trading, after a report out of Bloomberg said Blackstone and TPG are  looking to buy the medtech giant for $17 billion. Heading into today, HOLX is flat year to date, facing off with overhead pressure at $70. 
5. Dow earnings and inflation data are due out this week.

Asian Markets Surge on Political Buzz, Data

Asian bourses were paced by Japan’s Nikkei, which gapped higher by 3.4% and clocked a record close after the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Restoration Party reached an agreement to create a coalition government. South Korea’s Kospi tacked on 1.8% and scored a record high of its own. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 2.4%, while China’s Shanghai Composite tacked on 0.6%, after the latter’s gross domestic product grew 4.8% for the third quarter, in line with expectations.

Defense stocks are propping up European markets today, after Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy. At last look, London’s FTSE 100 is 0.4% higher, while the French CAC 40 is 0.1% lower. The German DAX is up 1.2%, with Thyssenkrupp leading the charge after the defense contractor’s IPO.