07:19 AM EST, 01/05/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures were trending higher before Monday's opening bell as traders weighed the impact of the recent US military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of its President Nicolas Maduro.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was slightly in the green and the Nasdaq added 0.6% in premarket activity. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished Friday trading up, each snapping a four-session slump, while the Nasdaq was little changed.

In a social media post early Saturday, President Donald Trump announced that US forces "successfully carried out a large scale strike" against Venezuela, capturing its leader Maduro. Following the arrest, Trump reportedly said in a news conference that the US will temporarily take over the governance of Venezuela.

"We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump said, according to various media outlets.

Treasury yields were down in premarket action, with the two-year rate retreating 2.2 basis points to 3.46% and the 10-year rate off 2.6 basis points to 4.16%.

Oil-related stocks were up before the bell, including Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) , Chevron ( CVX ) and Baker Hughes ( BKR ) , following Trump's remarks that US companies will invest to restore crude production in Venezuela.

"We're going to have our very large US oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country," Trump said, according to Reuters.

West Texas Intermediate crude inclined 0.2% to $57.42 a barrel before the open.

Investors also await fresh labor market data due later in the week. The ADP Employment Report for December is out Wednesday, followed by the Challenger Job-Cut Report for the same month and the weekly jobless claims bulletin on Thursday. The government's nonfarm payroll data for last month is scheduled to be released on Friday.

Monday's thin economic calendar has the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index for December at 10 am ET.

Tesla's (TSLA) stock advanced 1.6% pre-bell after finishing Friday with a 2.6% drop. The electric-vehicle giant on Friday reported fourth-quarter vehicle deliveries that fell more than expected on a yearly basis. Nvidia ( NVDA ) gained 1.2% while Apple ( AAPL ) decreased 0.2%.

Gold climbed 2.5% to $4,439 per troy ounce, while bitcoin grew 1.8% to $92,934.