Wall Street opens the week cautiously higher with Big Tech earnings in focus

Futures on the main US stock indexes edged higher on Monday, July 20, 2026, with Dow futures up about 0.2 percent, the S&P 500 about 0.3 percent, and the Nasdaq 100 near 0.7 percent, while oil slipped back after touching $90 a barrel. Investors are awaiting quarterly earnings from major technology companies this week, including Alphabet, Intel, IBM, and Tesla, for signs that heavy artificial intelligence investments are paying off. US-Iran tensions and the path of oil prices continue to weigh on global market risk sentiment.