S&P 500 futures are slightly lower Monday morning as investors looked toward the final month of trading this year. S&P 500 futures shed less than 0.1%, while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 20 points. Nasdaq 100 futures added less than 0.1%. Bitcoin, which traded near $99,000 on Friday, retreated to around $95,000 on Monday as investors were in a bit of a risk-off mood to start the month. Those moves follow a winning week and month for stocks. Much of November trading was centered on a postelection rally after President-elect Donald Trump emerged as the winner. November marked the best month of 2024 for both the Dow and S&P 500, with the two gaining 7.5% and 5.7% respectively. Both of the indexes also notched new all-time intraday and closing highs in Friday’s shortened trading session. The Dow briefly traded above 45,000 for the first time ever in the session. Small-cap stocks were also a winner in November as investors saw the group benefiting from Trump’s potential tax cuts. The Russell 2000 surged more than 10% in the month, also notching its biggest monthly gain of the year. Investors will watch on Monday for economic data on manufacturing and construction spending. That comes ahead of a series of closely watched labor data due later in the week. They’ll also monitor speeches expected from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller and New York Fed President John Williams. Treasury yields were higher on Monday as investors awaited labor and manufacturing economic data this week. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.207%. Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury yield rose by 2 basis points to 4.192%. On Friday, the 10-year Treasury yield had fallen to its lowest levels since late October. Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher on Monday as the region kick-started a data-heavy week, with investors focused on economic readings from several countries, including Japan, South Korea and China. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded up 0.14%, ending at a record closing high of 8,447.9. South Korea’s markets were the outlier on Monday, after preliminary trade data revealed exports grew at their slowest pace since September 2023 over the weekend. The Kospi slipped marginally to 2,454.48, and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 0.35% to a 23 month low of 675.84. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.8% and closed at 38,513.02, while the broad-based Topix was 1.27% higher at 2,714.72. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.65% in its last hour of trade, while mainland China’s CSI 300 was up 0.79% to close at 3,947.63. The Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index advanced about 0.42% after growth in China’s new home prices accelerated in November. Oil prices edged up on Monday supported by upbeat factory activity in the world’s second largest oil consumer China and as Israel resumed attacks on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement, stoking tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures climbed 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $71.92 a barrel by 0107 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $68.09 a barrel, up 9 cents, or 0.1%. Gold dropped 1% on Monday, ending a four-session winning streak, weighed down by a robust U.S. dollar, as investors eyed upcoming economic data and remarks from Federal Reserve officials for clues on the future of U.S. interest rates. Spot gold was down 0.5% to $2,640.93 per ounce, as of 1207 GMT. It was down 1% earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures fell 0.6% to $2,663.90. The dollar index gained 0.5%, on track for its best day in over a week, making greenback-priced bullion more expensive for holders of other currencies.