Futures contracts connected to the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked down 0.1%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively. All three major indexes posted gains yesterday after recovering from a shaky morning.

The S&P 500 and the Dow fell on Monday in holiday-thinned trading after a stopgap government funding bill averted a U.S. government shutdown and investors braced for a slower pace of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve next year.

Wall Street's major market indices have kicked off the holiday-shortened trading week on a negative note as investors ready themselves for the 2025 trading year. As the trading day progresses, the financial community has seen a downward shift in the blue-chip Dow (DJI) as the index dipped 0.