Wall Street poised to open with gains while political shake-ups roil markets in France and Japan

Wall Street pointed toward gains in premarket as the U.S. government shutdown dragged into a second week while markets in Japan and France were roiled by unexpected political shake-ups. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% before the bell Monday while futures for the Dow registered a 0.2% gain. Nasdaq futures climbed 0.7%. Share of Fifth Third Bancorp dipped 4.7% after the regional bank announced that it is buying Comerica for $10.9 billion in a deal that will create the 9th largest U.S. bank. Advanced Micro Devices soared more than 27% after it announced a deal to supply its chips to ChatGPT maker OpenAI.