U.S. stock index futures were up marginally, slightly extending a rally from the regular trading session, as the first polls of the presidential election closed. Wall Street and the world waits with bated breath for the culmination of the race to the White ...

Beyond the election, investors await the Federal Reserve's November rate decision due Thursday and fresh commentary from Chair Jerome Powell on the central bank's policy moves going forward. Traders are pricing in 98% odds of a quarter-point cut following September's half-point reduction, according to CME Group's FedWatch too l.

Stock futures crept higher as U.S. voters headed to the polls to elect their next president.