5 things to know before the stock market opens on Tuesday

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Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.

Investors were pleased yesterday with the Senate’s approval of a deal that would end the government shutdown. All three major indexes soared in Monday trading, rebounding after posting steep losses last week.

Here’s what you need to know:

High-tech oriented Nasdaq Composite It marked the biggest one-day gain since May and suggested traders are shifting again to artificial intelligence trading. microsoft It ended the longest losing streak since 2011.Bitcoin The Senate formally passed the bill in a second vote last night, sending it to the House of Representatives. Earlier in the day, House Speaker Mike Johnson did not commit to a December vote on expanding Affordable Care Act subsidies, one of the deal’s key guarantees to Democrats. Johnson said lawmakers should return to Washington, D.C., to vote on the deal as soon as possible. Lawmakers have been told that a vote in the House of Representatives could begin as early as 4pm ET tomorrow. Asked if he supported the deal, President Donald Trump said Monday: “I would say yes.” Follow us here for live market updates.

Japan’s SoftBank announced on Tuesday that it had sold all of its shares in the company. Nvidia $5.83 billion. Nvidia stock fell nearly 2% in pre-market trading this morning.

The sale comes as SoftBank is eyeing OpenAI, the buzzy startup behind ChatGPT. But SoftBank is still involved with Nvidia through other artificial intelligence ventures that use the chipmaker’s technology, such as the Stargate project.

Softbank also sold some of its assets. T-Mobile The position is worth $9.17 billion.

paramount skydance Yesterday, it announced further plans including cost cuts, employee layoffs and price increases. Shares rose as much as 5% in overnight trading.

CBS’ parent company said it aims to cut another $1 billion from its operations. As CNBC’s Lillian Rizzo points out, this is on top of the $2 billion in savings the company outlined when the merger closed in August. Paramount also announced the latest round of layoffs related to the sale of part of its South American operations, affecting approximately 1,600 employees.

The entertainment company announced it will increase prices for its Paramount+ streaming service in the first quarter of 2026.

Air travel remains under pressure as the government shutdown strains airport infrastructure. Just over 6% of U.S. flights were canceled yesterday, according to aviation data firm Cirium.

Air traffic controllers required to work during the shutdown did not receive their second full paycheck yesterday. President Trump has recommended $10,000 bonuses to air traffic controllers who don’t take vacation during the government shutdown, while threatening to cut pay for air traffic controllers who don’t report to work.

FlexJet global CEO Andrew Collins told CNBC’s Leslie Josephs that demand for private jets has skyrocketed in recent days. But the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday restricted commercial flight operations at 12 major U.S. airports due to staffing issues.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett plans to “accelerate” the pace at which he donates his $149 billion fortune to children’s foundations, according to a letter released yesterday.

But Buffett said he would hold a “substantial amount” of Class A stock so investors could build confidence in his successor, Greg Abel. Buffett said it “shouldn’t take long” for shareholders to warm up to Abel, who will become chief executive next year.

Buffett said his letter will become a Thanksgiving tradition and that Abel will take over writing Berkshire’s annual shareholder letter. In typical fashion for the investment titan, the Oracle of Omaha also used a memo on Monday to dispense life advice.

—CNBC’s Lillian Rizzo, Sean Conlon, Dan Mangan, Kevin Breuninger, Leslie Josephs, Kate Rogers, Yun Lee, John Meloy, Ryan Ermey and Macklin Fishman contributed to this report. Josephine Rozzelle edited this version.