07:24 AM EDT, 08/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures were tracking in the red before Monday's opening bell as traders await a key inflation report and the latest quarterly results of tech bellwether Nvidia ( NVDA ) later in the week.

The S&P 500 declined 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.2% and the Nasdaq was off 0.4% in premarket activity. The indexes finished Friday's trading session higher, with the S&P 500 recording its first gain after five consecutive days of losses.

The personal income and outlays report for July is scheduled to be released on Friday. The report includes the personal consumption expenditure core price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation metric.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Friday hinted at a potential shift in monetary policy toward lower interest rates. Downside risks to employment were rising, while the effects of tariffs on inflation are likely to be short lived, Powell said in prepared remarks for delivery at the Kansas City Fed's annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

"With policy in restrictive territory, the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance," according to Powell.

Markets are currently pricing in an 85% probability that the central bank will cut its benchmark lending in September, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

Treasury yields were trending upwards in premarket action, with the two-year rate rising 2.3 basis points to 3.71% and the 10-year rate increasing 2.1 basis points to 4.28%.

Monday's economic calendar has the new home sales index for last month at 10 am ET, followed by the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey for August at 10:30 am.

Tech giant Nvidia ( NVDA ) is slated to release its latest financial results after the markets close on Wednesday. Other major companies reporting their earnings this week include CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) , Snowflake (SNOW), HP (HPQ), Dell Technologies ( DELL ) , Marvell Technology ( MRVL ) and Alibaba Group ( BABA ) .

Temu parent PDD (PDD) releases its financial statement before the bell Monday, among others, while Heico ( HEI ) posts earnings after the markets close.

Shares of Intel ( INTC ) inclined 1.7% pre-bell as the chip maker announced last week that the US government will make an $8.9 billion investment in the company, as part of a deal with the Trump administration.

Keurig Dr Pepper ( KDP ) fell 3.4% as the beverage company agreed to acquire Dutch coffee maker JDE Peet's in an all-cash deal worth roughly 15.7 billion euros ($18.37 billion) and subsequently split into two independent entities focusing on its beverages and coffee operations.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased 0.7% to $68.19 a barrel before the open, following media reports that Ukraine launched attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure. Gold slipped 0.2% to $3,411 per troy ounce, while bitcoin dropped 1.8% to $111,152.