US Stock Futures Increase Amid 2026 Bullish Calls – Europe Market Wrap
US stock futures rose at the start of the final full trading week of 2025, as a tech selloff subsided and analysts maintained a positive drumbeat of forecasts for next year.
Contracts for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose about 0.5%. European stocks rose 0.8%. The 10-year Treasury yield fell somewhat, as did the Dollar index. Bitcoin rose 1.3% to $89,652, adding to indications that risk sentiment is stabilising.
Traders are looking on delayed job and inflation data this week to help fill the hole left by the US government shutdown as they try to piece together an economic picture and interest rate outlook. Citigroup joined the optimistic chorus on the prospects for US stocks next year, while Morgan Stanley anticipated that Tuesday’s nonfarm payrolls data will bolster the market.
A final round of significant central bank policy decisions is also expected, with meetings at the BoE and the BoJ, among others.
Fed rate-cut bets also helped lift the price of gold on Monday. The yellow metal climbed for a fifth day to around $4,345 an ounce, approaching a record high.
