Dow futures slip ahead of public holiday

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Dow futures slip ahead of public holiday

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were trading in a right range frollowinga positive week among major benchmark averages, with markets set to remain closed on Monday for a public holiday.

By 6:50pm ET (10:50pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures , S&P 500 Futures and Nasdaq 100 Futures were down by 0.1% apiece.

Ahead in the week, investors will be closely monitoring factory orders , trade balance , Markit and ISM services PMIs and nonfarm productivity , as well as speeches from Williams , Bowman , Logan , and Barr .

During Friday's trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 115.8 points or 0.3% to 34,837.7, the S&P 500 gained 8.11 points or 0.2% and the NASDAQ Composite finished flat at 14,031.8.

On the data front, nonfarm payrolls data came in above expectations at 187K, while the unemployment rate lifted to 3.8%.

For the week, the Dow gained 1.1%, the S&P 500 added 2% and the NASDAQ lifted 2.4%.

On the bond markets, United States 10-Year rates were at 4.181%.

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