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May 20, 2026 8:02 AM

Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Futures Gain As Street Awaits Nvidia's Q1 Report—CAVA Group, AMC Entertainment, Roblox In Focus

U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday following two consecutive days of lower closes for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices on Tuesday.

Investors are awaiting Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) first-quarter results scheduled to be released after the closing bell. Analysts are expecting NVDA to report second-quarter earnings of $1.76 per share on revenue of $79.04 billion.

Additionally, the Federal Reserve will be releasing the minutes of the Fed meeting later in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.65%, and the two-year bond was at 4.10%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 96.7% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index

Performance (+/-)

Dow Jones

0.08%

S&P 500

0.30%

Nasdaq 100

0.68%

Russell 2000

0.36%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Wednesday. The SPY was up 0.35% at $736.30, while the QQQ was higher by 0.69% to $706.38.

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