Dow futures trade higher, banking crisis and CPI in focus

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Investing.com – U.S. stock futures were trading slightly higher during Monday’s evening trade after major benchmark averages finished in a mixed fashion as Federal Reserve policymakers scramble to contain a growing financial crisis, moving to seize Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) ahead of closely watched inflation data set for release on Tuesday.

By 6:45pm ET (10:45pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures and S&P 500 Futures added 0.3% apiece while Nasdaq 100 Futures lifted 0.2%.

In extended deals, Gitlab Inc (NASDAQ:GTLB) shed 32.5% after reporting Q4 losses of $0.03 per share, better than expected losses of $0.14 per share, while revenue came in at $122.9 million versus $119.59 million expected. The company forecasted Q1 2024 losses in the range of $0.15-$0.14 versus expected losses of $0.16 per share, while revenue is expected to come in between $117-118 million versus $126 million expected.

Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ:HEAR) fell 13.7% after the company reported Q4 EPS of $0.10 versus $0.20 expected on revenues of $100.9 million versus $110.45 million expected.

Ahead in Tuesday’s session, market participants will be monitoring fresh consumer price index data as well as a speech form FOMC member Bowman.

During Monday’s regular trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 90.5 points or 0.3% to 31,819.2, the S&P 500 dipped 5.8 points or 0.2% to 3,855.8 while the NASDAQ Composite bucked the trend, lifting 50 points or 0.5% to 11,188.8.

On the bond markets, United States 10-Year rates were at 3.545%.