Stock futures edged higher Tuesday night after a federal court decision in an Alphabet antitrust case fueled optimism that the tech giants will be able to weather regulatory threats.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%, while Nasdaq-100 futures jumped by 0.4%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened lower by 35 points, or about 0.1%.
Shares of the Google parent jumped more than 7% in after-hours trading after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that Google can keep its Chrome browser but it won’t be allowed to strike exclusive search deals and must share its search data. The decision avoided the worst-case outcome for the tech giant, and largely drew from the idea that artificial intelligence has provided more choice to consumers.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/stock-market-today-live-updates.html