U.S. stock futures were quiet on Monday morning as investors readied for the final trading days of August.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials tacked on 20 points to 35,423.
Futures for the S&P 500 inched up four points, or 0.1%, to 4,509.50.
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite Index prospered 14.75 points, or 0.1%, to 15,441.
Monday and Tuesday mark the last two trading days of August. Thus far, the S&P 500 is up 2.6% in August. The Dow added 1.5% and the NASDAQ rose 3.1% this month.
Key technology shares were higher in pre-market trading. Chipmakers AMD and Nvidia moved higher, while Microsoft also rose.
Shares of Affirm Holdings were up 40% in pre-market trading after the buy now, pay later company announced a partnership with Amazon on Friday. Amazon's stock rose 1%.
Oil futures were lower and gasoline futures were higher slightly in a minimal reaction to Hurricane Ida making landfall over the weekend.
Cloudera and Zoom Video report earnings after the bell on Monday.
Overseas, in Japan, the Nikkei 225 index gained 0.5% Monday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index also advanced 0.5%. .
Oil prices eked up three cents to $68.77 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices dropped $1.10 to $1,818.40 U.S. a pound.