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U.S. stock futures pared losses to advance on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices rose, following Monday's lower close.

Small business sentiment provided a bright spot for the economy as the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose 2.4 points in July to 99.8, surpassing its 52-year historical average of 98.0 to hit its highest level since August 2025.

The gain was largely propelled by a surge in hiring plans—which jumped 9 points to a net 20%—alongside improved capital expenditure expectations, signaling that small firms are seeing potential spillover opportunities from broader economic growth despite ongoing inflation and geopolitical uncertainties.

Brent Crude Oil futures climbed 2.52% to $89.93, as President Donald Trump demanded that Iran pay compensation for historical damages and deaths, dimming hopes for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters. The new demands complicate peace efforts following Tehran’s insistence on an end to sanctions before reopening the vital shipping lane.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.73%, and the two-year bond was at 4.03%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool’s projections show markets pricing a 51.9% likelihood of the Federal Reserve hiking the current interest rates during its September meeting.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(NYSE: SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF(NASDAQ: QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Tuesday. The SPY was up 0.19% at $774.48, while the QQQ advanced by 0.39% to $723.71.

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00:08green arrows across the board ahead of Tuesday's open as this earning season continues to roll on
00:14and the results have been great really good earning season so far S&P futures up 0.16 percent
00:21Dow futures up 0.10 percent and the Nasdaq futures leading the way higher plus 0.32 percent
00:28also oil is higher here today by a quarter of a percent CL futures up 0.25 percent now let's
00:37take
00:37a look at some cues from last session as well as what we can expect here today get you all
00:42set for
00:43the market energy health care and communication services stocks reported the biggest gains on
00:48Monday pushing most S&P 500 sectors into positive territory while real estate and utilities lagged
00:54even as U.S. stocks settled mostly lower with the Dow falling over 50 points and oil and treasury
01:00yields jumping the U.S. stock futures were mixed on Tuesday as the Dow S&P slipped and the Nasdaq
01:07indices rose following Monday's lower close they've all since moved into the green bright crude oil
01:12futures climbed 2.52 percent to 89.93 as President Trump demanded that Iran pay compensation for
01:19historical damages and deaths dimming the hopes of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that is
01:24according to Reuters the new demands complicate peace efforts following Tehran's insistence
01:29on the end of sanctions before reopening the vital shipping lane meanwhile the 10-year treasury bond
01:34yielded 4.73 percent and the two-year bond was at 4.03 percent CME Group's Fed watch tool projection
01:41showed markets pricing a 51.9 percent likelihood of the Federal Reserve hiking the current interest rates
01:47during its September meeting now we've got several stocks in focus here for you today none of them
01:53should be a huge surprise the first one is in fact going to be Rocket Lab the ticker is RKLB
01:59and it
02:00dropped 8.95 percent in the pre-market on Tuesday despite record revenue 2.36 billion order
02:09excuse me sorry about that uh 2.36 billion order backlog and strong third quarter guidance as a
02:16wider than expected loss per share of eight cents and uncertainty regarding the neutron rockets made in
02:22launch timeline loomed the next stock on our list is going to be plug power the ticker is PLUG it
02:30gained
02:3110.94 percent as it reported second quarter revenue of 178.3 million which beat analyst estimates well
02:39it's adjusted loss of seven cents per share also topped expectations gross margin improved to break
02:46even from negative 13 percent in the first quarter while service revenue jumped 82 percent year over year
02:52to about 30 million the next stock on our list here is going to be AST Space Mobile the ticker
02:59is ASTS
03:00it slipped 3.26 percent as it reported second quarter revenue of 31.5 million this missed analyst estimates
03:08um while its loss of 77 cents per share also fell short of expectations the company's revenue backlog grew
03:16to approximately 1.3 billion in contracted revenue and u.s government awards the next stock on our list
03:23is going to be core weave the ticker is CRWV and it fell 0.73 percent ahead of its earnings
03:29scheduled to be
03:29released after the closing bell today analysts are expecting a loss of 149 per share on revenue of 2.55
03:36billion super micro computer rounds out our list here it was 1.59 percent higher ahead of its earnings
03:44scheduled to be released after the closing bell today analysts expect earnings of 88 cents per share
03:49on revenue of 11.45 billion
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