U.S. stock futures rose on Friday, putting the market on course to pare back its losses from a disappointing start to 2025.
Contracts tied to the S&P 500 were up 0.1%. The benchmark index has fallen for five straight days–its longest losing streak since April. Futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 added 0.2%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 70 points, or 0.2%.
The moves came after all three indexes see-sawed over a jittery first trading session of the year. Investors are trimming their bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts after a hawkish press conference by Chair Jerome Powell last month, and soaring natural gas prices in Europe have made the market more worried about stubborn inflation.