10:46 AM EDT, 04/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Corrects the fourth paragraph with the mention of European stock markets being closed on Easter Monday.)

Wall Street futures pointed mixed pre-bell Monday on media reports that a 45-day ceasefire in Persian Gulf hostilities was being negotiated through Pakistani, Egyptian and Turkish mediators.

However, US President Donald Trump has set a Tuesday deadline for the Tehran-blocked Strait of Hormuz to be opened, or the US will target Iranian infrastructure, especially oil facilities and bridges.

In the futures, after a three-day weekend, the S&P 500 rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq inclined 0.3%, but the Dow Jones was off 0.1%.

Asian exchanges traded higher overnight in holiday-thinned trading, while European stock markets were closed on account of Easter Monday.

Investors this week also await the February personal consumption expenditures core, or PCE-core, price index, slated for release on Thursday, and the consumer price index, or CPI, for March, due out on Friday.

Minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve policy session will be released on Wednesday.

Levi Strauss (LEVI) and Delta Air Lines ( DAL ) plan to report earnings this week, among others. The major financial houses start the pending earnings season next week.

On the economic calendar is the ISM Services Index for March at 10 am ET.

In pre-market action, Bitcoin traded at $69,804, West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded lower at $110.27, and 10-year US Treasuries offered 4.35%. Spot gold commanded $4,688 an ounce.