Dow Jones futures rose slightly overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, as President Donald Trump announced a Japan trade deal.SAPSAP and Texas InstrumentsTXN led earnings after the close.

Major U.S. stock futures indicate a mostly steady start to Tuesday’s trading session, with investors showing caution after modest gains in the previous day’s market close. Traders are holding back from making aggressive moves as the August 1 deadline for President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal tariffs” approaches,

Dow Futures dip as investors brace for key earnings, Fed signals, and global trade tensions ahead of Tuesday’s open.

The nearest resistance level for Dow Jones is located in the 44,600 – 44,700 range. A successful test of this level will open the way to the test of the next resistance at 45,000 – 45,100. RSI is in the moderate territory, so there is plenty of room to gain momentum in the near term.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to achieve a golden cross today, a potentially bullish sign for the index. Golden crosses happen when the short-term moving average of a stock or index passes its long-term moving average,

The moves come after Wall Street saw a winning session, with the S&P 500 posting fresh intraday and closing records.

The three major indices that I follow in the US all look as if they are a little bit sluggish in premarket trading, but quite frankly, the markets continue to look positive in the face of almost anything.

Trump is facing mounting pressure from his MAGA base to publicly release Justice Department files from the Epstein case.

U.S. stocks were trading higher Monday afternoon as investors remained optimistic about the ongoing earnings season. Only two out of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 were moving lower Monday. The S&P 500's energy sector was down 0.

Verizon has the lowest share price among the Dow's 30 components -- and that's a dangerous place to be in a share price-weighted index.

Dow Jones leader Caterpillar, along with Sea Ltd., Toast and Veeva Systems, are in or near buy zones in today's stock market.