US stock futures held steady after a strong trading session on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 erased its losses for 2025.

U.S. stock futures point to a flat open after a generally positive start to the week that has seen the broad S&P 500 index turn positive on the year.

U.S. stock index futures were flat on Wednesday, following a strong start to the week when a soft inflation reading and a U.S.-China trade truce lifted sentiment, with focus now on more developments around more trade deals.

U.S. stock futures paused on Wednesday as investors regrouped following the recent surge that allowed markets to return to positive territory this year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 14 points,

The move in futures comes after a broadly positive day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.61% for its fifth straight positive session. The Dow fell 0.64%, weighed down by UnitedHealth, but is still up on the week.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are also pointing higher before the market opens. Treasury yields and Bitcoin are rising.

Stocks are soaring Monday as investors cheer weekend talks that saw China and the U.S. agree to slash tariffs on each other for at least 90 days. Data indicate that institutions were already lagging behind the stock-market bounce that had seen the S&P 500 take back much of its post-April 2 selloff,

Stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday after the release of encouraging inflation data, adding to big gains posted the previous session following a de-escalation in the trade spat between the U.S. and China.

Stocks ended higher again on Tuesday, paced by megacap tech gains that powered the Nasdaq further into bull market territory, as the early May rally tied to U.S. trade talk progre