Futures dip ahead of earnings-packed week; Boeing surges
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Boeing gains after offering new wage deal
Humana climbs after report Cigna resumes merger talks
Futures down: Dow 0.22%, S&P 500 0.30%, Nasdaq 0.51%
Updated at 06:46 a.m. ET/1046 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal
Oct 21 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures dipped on Monday as investors braced for a busy week of major earnings reports that could either support or disrupt the market's ongoing rally.
Boeing BA.N jumped 3.6% in premarket trading on news that workers could vote on a new deal to end a costly five-week-long strike. The planemaker is scheduled to report results later this week.
Dow E-minis 1YMcv1 were down 94 points, or 0.22%, S&P 500 E-minis EScv1 were down 17.5 points, or 0.30% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis NQcv1 were down 104 points, or 0.51%.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose to more than 4.12%, pressuring growth stocks such as AppleAAPL.O and Microsoft MSFT.O, which edged lower 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively.
Among S&P 500 companies, 114 are expected to report quarterly earnings this week, including International Business Machines IBM.N, Tesla TSLA.O and Coca-Cola KO.N. Results from Texas Instruments TXN.O will turn the spotlight on thechip sector.
As of last close, 83.1% of the S&P companies that have reported so far have beaten earnings estimatesversus the 79.1% average of the previous four quarters, according to LSEG data.
A fairly solid start to this earningsseason, upbeat economic data and continued optimism around Federal Reserve rate cuts have helped indexes rally higher, with the S&P 500 inching closer to crossing the 6,000-mark milestone for the first time.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI and the benchmark index .SPX notched up record closing highs on Friday. Both indexes, along with the Nasdaq, logged a sixth consecutive week of gains in their best winning streak so far this year.
However,risks such as rising geopolitical tensions inthe Middle East, gains in Treasury yields and some volatility ahead of theupcoming U.S. presidential election are pressuring equities.
"Stock markets continue to withstand geopolitical turmoil and uncertainty about the US election... the election is getting closer and the uncertainty will in all likelihood remain at least until election night," analysts at SEB said in a note.
In broader markets, trades expected to perform well if Republican candidate Donald Trump wins in November were catching a bid, as polls showed the former U.S. president's chances improving. The U.S. dollar, bitcoin BTC= and gold gained ground. MKTS/GLOB
In otherstocks, Spirit Airlines SAVE.N skyrocketed 42% after the company reached an agreement to extend a debt refinancing deadline by two months.
Humana HUM.N gained 4.4% after a report said Cigna CI.N had resumed merger talks with the health insurer.
UPS UPS.N edged 1.8% lower after Barclays downgraded the parcel service provider to "underweight" from "equal weight".
Ineconomic data, home sales, flash PMI anddurable goods readings are due this week, as isthe Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
A number of central bank speakers are due to speak on the day, includingFed officials Lorie Logan, Neel Kashkari, Jeffrey Schmid and Mary Daly.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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