Stock futures rose slightly Monday as Wall Street looked to shake off a rough start to August.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gained 44 points, or 0.1%, to 35,392.
Futures for the S&P 500 took on 4.25 points, or 0.1%, to 4,485.
Futures for the NASDAQ chugged 18.5 points, or 0.1%, to 15,114.25.
The moves come as stocks have struggled to sustain their rally in the late summer. Last week, the S&P 500 gave back 0.3% and the NASDAQ fell 1.9%, for the latter's first two-week losing streak of the year.
This week could be driven by insights into the state of the U.S. consumer, with earnings reports due from Home Depot, Target and Walmart.
Retail sales data from July is also due out on Tuesday morning.
The earnings reports are coming after a mixed batch of inflation reports last week, which show that price increased have eased from their post-pandemic peak but are still above the Federal Reserve's 2% target.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index dipped 1.3%, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng fell 1.6%.
Oil prices sank 81 cents to $82.30 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices ditched five dollars to $1,941.60 U.S. an ounce.