US equity futures signaled a pause for stocks around their all-time highs as investors geared up for a busy week of data, including the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation.
Contracts for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were little changed after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally stalled at the end of last week, weighed down by profit taking in megacap tech stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. rose as much as 5.5% in premarket trading following its weekend earnings update, setting Warren Buffett’s conglomerate on course for a market value even closer to $1 trillion. Treasury yields and the dollar ticked lower.
