The ‘BATMMAAN’ stocks swooped to the market’s rescue in December. Will they keep climbing in 2025? Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 104 points, or 0.24%, to 43,240 S&P 500 futures fell 14.5 points, or 0.24%, to 6,012.5

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.8% to 40,285.25, as shares in automakers and other major exporters rose. A weak yen boosts profits for exporters and companies with big operations overseas when they convert their earnings into yen.

Germany's interior minister said the man charged in the deadly attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg had "striking signs of a pathological psyche."

Germany's interior minister said on Monday it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about the man suspected of driving his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg and killing at least five people.

German security and intelligence chiefs faced questioning Monday about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago.