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Nov 19, 2025 8:00 AM

Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Gain Ahead Of Nvidia Earnings—Constellation Energy, Target, DoorDash In Focus

U.S. stock futures were steady on Wednesday after Tuesday’s declines. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher.

Investors await Nvidia Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NVDA) highly anticipated earnings report on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the minutes of the Fed’s October FOMC meeting will also be released later today.

The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.12% and the two-year bond was at 3.58%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 46.6% likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting the current interest rates during its December meeting.

Futures

Change (+/-)

Dow Jones

0.09%

S&P 500

0.23%

Nasdaq 100

0.24%

Russell 2000

0.32%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, were higher in premarket on Wednesday. The SPY was up 0.22% at $661.56, while the QQQ advanced 0.24% to $597.74, according to Benzinga Pro data.

Stocks In Focus

Nvidia

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 0.42% in premarket on Wednesday as analysts expect it to report earnings of $1.25 per share on revenue of $54.84 billion after the closing bell.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that NVDA maintains a stronger price trend over the long and medium terms but a weak trend in the short term, with a solid quality ranking. Additional performance details are available here.

Constellation Energy

Constellation Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:CEG) gained 3.49% after it secured a $1 billion Department of Energy loan to restart the Crane Clean Energy Center. This is expected to create 3,400 jobs.

CEG maintained a weaker price trend over the short term, but ...