U.S. stock futures point to a lower open as investors brace for one of the busiest weeks of earnings season. More than a third of S&P 500 companies representing more than 40% of the broad market index's market value will report quarterly earnings this week.

Stock futures were retreating early Monday as a busy week for earnings awaits. Traders will have plenty to digest in the coming days. Four of the so-called Magnificent Seven technology names report on Wednesday and Thursday–Microsoft,

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Monday as investors headed into a week packed with key economic data and earnings from some of Wall Street's biggest companies, while the Trump administration's trade policy developments remained in focus.