traders work on the floor of the new york stock exchange nyse on october 25 2021 in new york city stock futures were flat in overnight trading after the sp 500 eked out a fresh record close monday to kick off november futures on the dow jones industrial average gained 11 points sp 500 futures were near the flatline and nasdaq 100 futures were little changed all three major us stock indexes hit new intraday highs and closed at records during mondays regular session the dow rose 943 points helped by gains in boeing and dow inc the sp 500 rose nearly 02 the nasdaq composite added 06 the smallcap russell 2000 gained 27 its best daily performance since august eight out of 11 sp 500 sectors finished the session higher led by energy investors are eyeing a number of potentially marketmoving events this week the federal reserves highly anticipated federal open market committee meeting takes place this week the october jobs report drops friday thirdquarter earnings season continues the november fomc meeting october payrolls  and a host of earnings updates sets up a catalyst heavy week of trading ahead goldman sachs chris hussey said in a note investors await earnings reports tuesday from companies including under armour pfizer and lyft betterthanexpected corporate earnings results boosted the us stock averages to finish october at record highs with the sp 500 and nasdaq posting their best months since november 2020 as of monday evening according to factset 558 of sp 500 companies have reported quarterly financial results with 82 beating earnings estimates