U.S. Stock Futures in Green on Cooler Oil Prices

Market Overview - Pre-market futures show positive movement with the Dow up 313 points (+0.67%), S&P 500 up 59 points (+0.89%), Nasdaq up 265 points (+1.09%), and small-cap up 27 points (+1.11%) [1] Oil Prices - Crude oil futures are down, with WTI spot price at $95.82 per barrel, a decrease of nearly -3%, and Brent crude at $102.55 per barrel, down -0.57% [2] Economic Indicators - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey for March shows a negative headline of -0.2, contrary to analyst expectations of +3 or +4, attributed to falling shipments and tripled delivery times [3] Company Earnings - Dollar Tree (DLTR) reported Q4 earnings of $2.56 per share, beating expectations by 3 cents, with revenues of $5.49 billion, surpassing the expected $5.47 billion, leading to a 1.4% increase in shares [4] Upcoming Earnings Reports - Major companies reporting earnings this week include Oklo (OKLO) and lululemon (LULU) on Tuesday, Micron (MU) and Macy's (M) on Wednesday, and FedEx (FDX) and Alibaba (BABA) on Thursday [5] Inflation Reports - Producer Price Index (PPI) numbers for February will be released, with the last print showing a year-over-year PPI of +2.9% and +3.4% on core, indicating significant inflation trends [6] Federal Reserve Meeting - A Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, with a 100% probability that the Fed will maintain the current rate of 3.50-3.75% [7]