Stock futures fell Monday ahead of another batch of retail earnings to kick off a shortened week for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials skidded 63 points, or 0.2%, to 33,712.
Futures for the S&P 500 backed off 20 points, or 0.5%, to 3,954.
Futures for the NASDAQ Composite faded 87 points, or 0.7%, to 11,621.
Disney bucked the negative trend, however, rising more than 8% after the media giant announced that Bob Iger would return as CEO, effective immediately.
Investors have been reflecting on the strength of a recent bear market rally, which kicked off earlier in the month with the October consumer price index reading and gained some steam with last week's reading on wholesale prices.
Retail sales increased in October, but at the corporate level Target reported slowing demand and Amazon announced it will lay off 10,000 employees — although Home Depot and Walmart have reported strong results.
This week, a short one due to the Thanksgiving holiday, investors will be busy with another group of retail earnings. Best Buy, Nordstrom, Dick's Sporting Goods and Dollar Tree are among the companies on deck.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 poked ahead 0.2% Monday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index lost 1.9%.
Oil prices dropped 49 cents to $79.59 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices stepped back $12.80 to $1,741.60 U.S. an ounce.