Stock Market Today (Oct. 5, 2026): (Futures)

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Happy Monday. Stock futures were edging lower Monday as investors contended with rising bond yields and the upcoming release of the Fed’s meeting minutes.

Investors will look to minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting Wednesday for clues on the path of interest rates.

Markets closed higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq reaching an intraday record high during the session, as a weaker-than-expected jobs report eased concerns about potential interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

“Equities are benefiting from Friday’s softer US labor market report which saw September payrolls increase by just 29,000, well below expectations,” Daniela Hathorn, senior market analyst with Capital.com, said. “The previous two months were revised down by a combined 60,000 and unemployment edged up to 4.2%.”

“The data helped reduce expectations for another Fed hike in October, helping the Nasdaq 100 close Friday at fresh highs and taking some strength out of the dollar.”

The complication is the bond market, Hathorn said, which remains stubbornly weak.

“The 10-year Treasury yield is still around 5.25%, despite the disappointing payroll report and reduced expectations of an imminent Fed hike,” she noted.

“That reinforces the idea that the long-end sell-off is being driven by more than monetary policy: elevated real yields, heavy borrowing and competition for capital continue to demand a higher term premium.”

“For equities, this creates an unusual divergence as growth stocks are rallying because Fed expectations have softened, while the risk-free rate against which those valuations are judged remains exceptionally high,” Hathorn said.

Constellation Brands (STZ), Levi Strauss (LEVI), PepsiCo (PEP) and Delta Air Lines (DAL) are among the companies reporting earnings this week.