07:22 AM EST, 12/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were mostly pointing higher on Tuesday as investors prepare for a shortened trading session ahead of Christmas.

Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq edged up 0.1% each in premarket activity while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.1%. Asian exchanges were mixed while European bourses were mostly trending higher midday on the continent.

US markets will close early on Tuesday and remain shuttered on Wednesday for the Christmas holiday, reopening on Thursday.

Shares of NeueHealth ( NEUE ) surged 61% pre-bell as the healthcare company agreed to be acquired and taken private by an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates in a deal worth roughly $1.3 billion. Rumble (RUM) declined 3.5% after closing Monday's session up 81%. Tilray Brands ( TLRY ) spiked 11%.

Tuesday's thin economic calendar has the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index for December at 10 am ET.

Before the opening bell, bitcoin inclined 1.4% to $94,242, West Texas Intermediate crude oil gained 0.9% to $69.89 a barrel, yields on 10-year Treasuries inched up 0.2 basis points to 4.6% and gold moved less than 0.1% higher to $2,629 an ounce.