07:14 AM EDT, 10/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Monday, as traders anticipate central-bank rate cuts and a stronger-than-expected national economy will boost earnings and undergird equities values.

Public companies may post better-than-expected H2 earnings seasons due to solid sales and an optimistic outlook for AI, Goldman Sachs strategists predict, Bloomberg reported.

In the futures, the S&P 500 rose 0.4%, the Nasdaq added 0.6% and the Dow Jones was up 0.2%.

Traders look ahead to a thin economic calendar this week, with federal releases likely scrubbed on the lengthening US government shutdown. Minutes of the Federal Reserve's mid-September policy session are slated for release on Wednesday, and Fed Chief Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak Thursday.

Asian exchanges traded unevenly overnight, although Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 4.8% to a new all-time high after Japan's ruling political party elected Sanae Takaichi, known as a fiscal expansionist, as its leader.

European bourses tracked modestly lower midday on the continent.

The economic calendar is vacant.

In premarket action, Bitcoin traded at $124,051, West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded higher at $61.90, and 10-year US Treasuries offered 4.16%. Spot gold traded for $3,943 an ounce.