Why are US stock market index futures Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq down now and who are biggest losers and gainers? US futures fell after Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair pick. Precious metals dropped.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, ‌as ​investors weighed another surge in AI-related ‌spending from the tech mega-caps and the Federal Reserve held rates steady ​as expected.

U.S. stock futures slumped and gold hit a record high Sunday as investors look ahead to a Fed interest-rate decision and Big Tech earnings this week.

Stock futures posted small gains in cautious trading as investors weighed whether record AI infrastructure spending would translate into durable earnings growth

The stock market tested key levels to end the week while gold and silver dived in a risk-off shift. Google, AMD, Eli Lilly, Amazon and Palantir headline another big earnings week.

The main Wall Street indices closed mixed Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite declining, weighed by losses from tech giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) after its earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose marginally.

US stock index futures plunge as Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Europe over Greenland. Nasdaq 100 erases 2026 gains, breaking key support levels.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a day of dramatic swings on Wall Street that included Microsoft's worst drop in nearly six years

Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on ‌Wednesday, ​helped by gains in chip ‌stocks, while investors geared up for quarterly earnings results of some ​of the so-called "Magnificent Seven" companies and a Federal Reserve rate decision.

U.S. stock futures have skidded after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries due to their opposition to his desire to take control of Greenland.