traders on the floor of the nyse may 6 2022 stock futures fell on sunday evening as traders looked for the market to find its footing after a dramatic week of trading futures tied to the dow jones industrial average dropped 124 points or 04 sp 500 futures shed 06 while those for the nasdaq 100 lost 07 last week the nasdaq composite lost 154 while the sp 500 and dow dropped 021 and 024 respectively it was the sixth straight losing week for the dow and the fifth straight for the other two major indexes while the cumulative moves for the week were not out of the ordinary some of the daytoday swings were eyepopping the dow had its best day since 2020 on wednesday but then erased all those gains and more on thursday the shortlived wednesday rally came after federal reserve chair jerome powell said the central bank was not considering a 75basispoint rate hike at upcoming meetings stocks and bonds rallied following that comment but reversed course on thursday billionaire hedge fund manager david tepper told cnbcs scott wapner on friday that powells statement was an unforced error that contributed to market volatility firstquarter earnings season is slowing down but there are several notable reports before the opening bell on monday including palantir and vaccinemakers biontech and novovax in other corporate news ford was looking to sell 8 million shares in rivian automotive over the weekend sources told cnbcs david faber investors will also be keeping an eye on the war in ukraine us first lady jill biden made a surprise visit to the country on sunday the us and group of seven countries announced that they would increase shortterm financial support for ukraine as the war with russia nears the threemonth mark