U.S. equity futures moved higher in early Monday trading, supported by a pullback in the dollar and steady Treasury bond yields, as investors aimed to recover some of the previous week’s losses ahead of a crucial week for tech stocks on Wall Street. The Nasdaq ended 2.5% lower on Friday, marking its worst week in three months, amid a broader market selloff that wiped out all of the S&P 500’s February gains and erased nearly 750 points from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Concerns were triggered by weaker-than-expected services sector activity data from S&P Global’s PMI report and a significant rise in inflation expectations from the University of Michigan’s consumer survey. These issues will remain in focus this week, with the Commerce Department’s second estimate of fourth-quarter GDP due on Thursday and the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s PCE price index data, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, scheduled for Friday. Nvidia (NVDA), a key AI chipmaker, will publish its fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday after the market closes, providing updates on AI demand and effectively concluding the fourth-quarter earnings season. This season has exceeded most Wall Street forecasts, delivering year-on-year profit growth of approximately 15.7%. Profit growth is expected to slow to around 8.3% in the three months ending in March, but the full-year forecast of an 11.1% gain remains intact. Futures contracts tied to the S&P 500 indicate a solid 32-point opening gain, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average set for a 297-point advance. The tech-focused Nasdaq is expected to rise by 93 points, with Nvidia, Tesla (TSLA), and Intel (INTC) active in premarket trading. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) gained 1.4% after reporting its third consecutive year of record profits and noting a cash position that reached an all-time high of $334.2 billion. In Europe, Germany’s DAX performance index rose 0.9% following the center-right Christian Democrats’ weekend election victory, which sets the stage for their leader, Fredrich Mertz, to form a coalition government. This outcome boosted the euro to a one-month high against the U.S. dollar and helped the regional Stoxx 600 benchmark achieve a 0.24% gain in mid-day trading. In Asia, regional stocks extended recent gains, with the MSCI ex-Japan benchmark rising 0.24% by the close of trading, while the Nikkei 225 remained closed for the Emperor’s Birthday celebration. — news from TheStreet