US Stock Index Futures Slip with Big Tech Results, Fed Decision on Radar

WALL STREET - NEW YORK. U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday, as investors braced for a heavyweight slate of corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve rate decision later this week.

Gold vaulted to a record high above $5,000 an ounce, boosting U.S.-listed shares of gold miners in premarket trade. Gold Fields was up 5%, while Harmony Gold and Sibanye Stillwater gained over 3% each.