traders on the floor of the nyse may 8 2023 sp 500 futures were little changed monday night as investors readied for key inflation reports due later in the week futures tied to the dow jones industrial average lost 8 points sitting near flat sp 500 futures wear also flat while nasdaq100 futures shed 02 palantir jumped more than 20 after hours on a strong earnings report and upbeat guidance lucid paypal and skyworks on the other hand were all down in extended trading after their quarterly reports were released the moves follow a lukewarm session that left the three major indexes modestly changed the sp 500 finished less than 01 higher while the nasdaq composite ended with a gain of nearly 02 the dow was the underperformer of the session closing almost 02 lower investors followed the release of the federal reserves quarterly senior loan officer opinion survey which found that banks had to tighten lending standards to households and businesses as a result of industry turmoil which could in turn threaten economic growth if we look across markets today the price action is relatively muted said charlie ripley senior investment strategist at allianz investment management theres somewhat of a sigh of relief that the report wasnt worse than expected traders are also looking ahead to aprils consumer price index report slated for wednesday and the producer price index on thursday for the newest data on the path of inflation elsewhere treasury secretary janet yellen said on cnbc monday afternoon that failing to raise the debt ceiling would be an economic catastrophe and that regulators are not close to any policies that would limit shortselling regional bank stocks investors will watch tuesday for morning data from the national federation of independent business fed governor philip jefferson and new york fed president john williams are both slated to speak at events over the course of the day fox corp and nikola are among companies set to report quarterly earnings before the bell followed by airbnb and rivian after the market closes earnings season is beginning to wind down with more than 85 of the stocks in the sp 500 done reporting