Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures recover from sharp sell-off ahead of busy week

Apple (AAPL) will report its fourth-quarter results after the bell on Monday, giving investors a look at early iPhone 18 Pro sales. Yahoo Finance’s Dan Howley gives an overview of what to expect:

The iPhone Duo went up for pre-order on October 16 and went on sale on October 23, missing Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter, although the company can still offer colors on demand.

This will also be Apple’s first earnings conference call with new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on September 1.

For the quarter, Apple is expected to report earnings per share (EPS) of $2 on revenue of $113.46 billion, according to consensus estimates from Bloomberg analysts. The company reported EPS of $1.85 and revenue of $102.46 billion during the same period last year.

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Ben Werschkul of Yahoo Finance reports:

The 2026 campaign featured bipartisan calls for action on pharmaceuticals, the housing market and AI data centers, a sign that this trio of sectors could be the center of attention in Washington, regardless of which party wins on Tuesday.

The critical comments are particularly notable from Republicans as the campaign enters its final days. Democratic rhetoric about controlling big business is nothing new, but the direction of the Republican Party indicates both an increased willingness within the party to take a populist stance and a potential openness to making deals next year in the new power-sharing landscape.

And the strong likelihood that Democrats will gain control of at least one chamber of Congress could make these questions worse — with or without President Trump’s support.

The coming year will likely be marked by “significant opportunities and risks for key sectors,” Brian Gardner, Stifel’s chief policy strategist in Washington, wrote in a recent note to clients.

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With another big tech company reporting earnings today (Apple (AAPL)) after the Street gave punishing post-earnings reactions to Alphabet (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN) stocks last week, Yahoo Finance’s Jake Conley offers some perspective on the market mood:

It was a deeply red week for the tech sector after numerous earnings failed to give investors the signs of strength they were looking for (and hoping for).

At Alphabet, a shortfall in both revenue and profits sent shares down 13%, with Sundar Pichai saying that while the company’s research division had grown, money wasn’t keeping pace as AI reduced search monetization.

At Amazon, a dual profit and revenue shortfall triggered a selloff that couldn’t be stopped by strong cloud growth at AWS.

And we can’t forget Intel, whose profits and online revenues have been overshadowed by weak PC sales, attributed to rising memory costs. This company lost a quarter of its value after the report was published, falling more than 28%.

But these earnings reports pose a problem for investors. As Barron’s deputy editor Al Root told Yahoo Finance, the numbers weren’t all bad; It’s more like investors have become more demanding.

“It’s not that the profits were terrible, it’s just that they weren’t enough to support the market,” Root said on “The 8:30.” He added: “The level of nervousness before earnings season was so high, like everyone was waiting for the shoe to drop.”

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Economic data: S&P Global US Manufacturing Index, October final reading (previously 56); ISM manufacturing, October (54.7 expected, 54.5 previously); ISM prices paid, October (77.5 expected, 77.9 previously); New ISM orders, October (54.9 expected, 55.3 previously); ISM employment, October (52 expected, 52.7 previously); Construction spending, month-on-month, September (+0.5% expected, +0.9% previously)

Earnings schedule: Apple (AAPL), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Marriott (MAR), The Williams Companies (WMB), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Realty Income Corporation (O), Entergy (ETR), ON Semiconductor (ON), Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY), Fox Corp. (FOX), Roku (ROKU), Loews (L), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC)

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