09:14 AM EDT, 10/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were flat ahead of Wednesday's opening bell as traders awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.2% higher, S&P 500 futures were up 0.1%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.1% higher.

The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to release the minutes from its latest meeting at 2 pm ET. Investors are expected to parse the document for signals on future monetary policy, amid continued delays in key economic data caused by the US government shutdown, now in its eighth day.

Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 1.3% at $66.33 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude 1.6% higher at $62.69 per barrel.

In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei ended 0.5% lower, Hong Kong's Hang Seng finished 0.5% lower, while the Chinese market was closed for holiday. The UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.8%, and Germany's DAX index was 0.7% higher in Europe's early afternoon session.

In equities, Penguin Solutions ( PENG ) shares were 19% lower after the company reported late Tuesday fiscal Q4 revenue that trailed analysts' estimates.

On the winning side, AlphaTON Capital ( ATON ) stock was up 163% after the company said it signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore tokenization of economics for mesothelioma program TT-4.