Stock futures are near the flatline on Monday night after a strong start to the trading week.

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average

slipped 8 points, or 0.02%. S&P futures

and Nasdaq 100 futures were both down less than 0.1%.

Major U.S. indexes rallied across the board on Monday on hopes that the record-setting U.S. government shutdown could be nearing an end. The Nasdaq Composite