U.S. STOCK FUTURES WERE STEADY IN EARLY TRADE DESPITE NVIDIA CONCERNS, WITH S&P 500 FUTURES UP 0.2% AND NASDAQ 100 FUTURES GAINING 0.1%

U.S. stock futures held steady in early trading, with S&P 500 futures up 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures gaining 0.1%, even as concerns surrounding Nvidia weighed on sentiment in the technology complex. The headline indicates that the pressure was company-specific rather than a broad risk-off move, since the major index futures stayed in positive territory despite the drag from the chipmaker. Nvidia's outsized weight in the Nasdaq 100 means that any move in its shares transmits directly to that index, making NDX the most sensitive benchmark to the reported concerns, while the S&P 500 reflects the same exposure to a smaller degree. Traders will be watching the cash equity open and subsequent guidance or analyst commentary on Nvidia for confirmation of whether the weakness persists, alongside the next session's semiconductor sector performance as a read on whether investors are rotating within technology or reducing AI-linked exposure.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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