Trading on Wall Street was relatively listless early Tuesday following a third straight record-high close.
Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each inched back 0.1% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones industrials were unchanged.
Attention is largely focused on upcoming decisions from central banks, especially the U.S. Federal Reserve. Stocks have surged since April on hopes that President Donald Trump’s tariffs won’t derail global trade and that the Fed will deliver several cuts to interest rates to boost the economy.
A speech from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday may also move markets. The Fed made its first cut of the year last week, and officials indicated more could arrive through the end of this year and into next. New data being released Friday will show how much