All eyes will be on U.S. inflation data this week that will feed into the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later in the month.
A Reuters poll of economists showed they suspect that growth in consumer prices likely slowed in June.
Most megacap technology and growth stocks, valuations in which come under pressure when borrowing costs rise, eased in premarket trading, with Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) down 0.7% each.
Overall, earnings for the S&P 500 constituents are expected to fall 5.7% in the second quarter, Refintiv data showed.
ET, Dow e-minis were up 19 points, or 0.06%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 4.5 points, or 0.1%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 41.25 points, or 0.27%.
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Carl Icahn, Wall, JPMorgan Chase, Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Li Auto, Johann M Cherian, Saumyadeb Chakrabarty
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