U.S. inventory index futures had been flat throughout in a single day buying and selling on Monday, following a unstable session that noticed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite proceed their march decrease.

Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Common shed 26 factors. S&P 500 futures had been down 0.8%, whereas Nasdaq 100 futures had been flat.

Throughout regular trading the S&P dipped 0.39%. In a unstable session the benchmark index at one level gained 0.56%, whereas shedding about 1% on the session low.

The Dow Jones Industrial Common noticed an identical swing, though the 30-stock index eked out a 0.8% achieve on the closing bell, pushed larger by Chevron and UnitedHealth.

The Nasdaq Composite, meantime, was the session’s underperformer because the carnage in tech shares continued. The tech-heavy index completed the day 1.2% decrease, and is now 28% beneath its intraday all-time excessive from Nov. 22.

“In a way, the poor efficiency this yr for tech and progress firms is considerably of a payback for the spectacular returns these market segments had lately loved,” UBS mentioned Monday in a notice to purchasers.

The tailwinds of the pandemic — a leap in stay-at-home spending and low rates of interest — have since turned to headwinds. Now, shopper spending is shifting and charges are rising.

“Whereas we expect that long-term rates of interest have peaked for now, progress shares are nonetheless costly relative to worth shares,” UBS added.

Traders may even be watching key financial information out Tuesday, with retail gross sales numbers hitting at 8:30 a.m. ET adopted by industrial manufacturing numbers later within the morning.

Inflation considerations have been a mounting headwind for shares, with some buyers nervous the economic system may finally tip right into a recession.

“We see clear late-cycle indicators, and whereas the danger of financial progress contraction or recession has risen steadily by means of the primary four-and-a-half months of this yr, we at the moment are starting to cross over a chance degree that makes recession a base case for the tip of this yr and starting of subsequent,” Darrell Cronk, president of Wells Fargo Funding Institute wrote in a notice Monday.

The agency added that finally it must be a “comparatively delicate financial progress contraction and a short-lived one.”

Whereas the majority of earnings season is within the rearview mirror, quite a lot of firms are on deck for Tuesday, together with Walmart, Residence Depot and JD.com.

As of Friday afternoon, of the greater than 90% of the S&P 500 that is posted quarterly outcomes, 78% of firms have beat earnings expectations whereas 75% have topped income forecasts, in accordance with information from Refinitiv.