Markets were slow to gain traction in either direction early Tuesday, a day after a surging technology sector boosted Wall Street to another record finish. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were essentially unchanged before the bell.

U.S. stocks are drifting around their records ahead of the week’s first big update on how well the job market is doing. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early trading

U.S. stock futures were falling early Tuesday following record highs in the previous session. S&P 500 futures were falling less than 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.1%. The S&P and Nasdaq Composite hit new highs on the first trading day of December but will be tested this week by a series of economic data releases,

Stocks ended higher on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq reaching fresh all-time highs, as markets continued their post-election rally powered by bets on business-frien