Nature's Miracle Holding Receives Nasdaq Delisting Notice

US stocks look set to open higher in Tuesday's trading session as investors were buoyed by lower-than-expected wholesale inflation figures for December.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.3%, S&P 500 futures were rising 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures were gaining 0.5%.

Oil prices were moving lower, with front-month global benchmarks Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate crude declining 0.8% and 0.7% respectively.

In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei tumbled 1.8%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 1.8%, and China's Shanghai Composite soared 2.5%. Meanwhile in Europe's early afternoon session, the UK's FTSE 100 was off 0.1 %, while Germany's DAX 40 and France's CAC 40 were up 0.8% and 0.9% respectively.

The producer price index for December, which gauges wholesale inflation, came in at 0.2%, which was down from the previous month's 0.4% and topped analyst expectations of a 0.4% rise, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile core PPI, which excludes food and energy, was flat compared with analyst forecasts of a 0.3% rise.

In equities, shares of Nature's Miracle N soared 146% in Tuesday's premarket activity, erasing a 38% loss from Monday. H&E Equipment Services shares jumped 106% after the company agreed to be acquired by United Rentals in a deal worth approximately $4.8 billion. Firefly Neuroscience surged 115% after it said Tuesday that its BNA technology platform is able to assess a patient's biological brain age using cognitive data, potentially leading to a "scalable" approach to early screening for Alzheimer's patients. Staffing 360 Solutions stock advanced 55% a day after it said an amendment to its merger agreement with Atlantic International will allow it to convert certain borrowings into equity. Shares of Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust rose 33% after a slight gain Monday.

On the losing side, shares of Bogota Financial tumbled 32% after rising 2.8% the previous session. Cryo-Cell International shares dropped 26% after gaining 2.1% on Monday. Agape ATP Corporation A stock lost 23%, eating into a 56% gain the previous session. LMP Capital and Income Fund dropped 21%, adding to a slight loss on Monday. Shares of Greenpro Capital fell 21%, piling on to a nearly 33% loss the previous session.

US stock futures were tracking higher in Tuesday's premarket session as investors awaited key inflation data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.27%, S&P 500 futures were 0.30% higher, and Nasdaq futures gained 0.33%.

Oil prices were moving lower, with front-month global benchmarks Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate crude declining 0.36% and 0.26% respectively.

The producer price index for December, a measure of wholesale inflation, will be released at 8:30 am ET. The index is expected to increase 0.4%, the same as the previous month, according to Bloomberg. The core PPI, which excludes food and energy, is expected to rise 0.2%, also the same as in November.

Among rising stocks, Nature's Miracle N soared 143% in Tuesday's premarket session, erasing a 38% loss from Monday. H&E Equipment Services shares jumped 107% after the company agreed to be acquired by United Rentals (URI) in a deal worth about $4.8 billion. And Staffing 360 Solutions surged 61%, a day after it said an amendment to its merger agreement with Atlantic International will allow it to convert certain borrowings into equity.

On the losing side, Mineralys Therapeutics fell 6.5%, adding to a 5.2% loss on Monday. Bogota Financial shares tumbled 32% after rising 2.8% the previous session. And shares of Cryo-Cell International dropped 27% after gaining 2.1% on Monday.

Nature's Miracle N shares surged 150% in recent premarket activity Tuesday after the company said it signed a securities purchase deal with a single institutional investor to sell up to a total of $29.7 million newly-designated class of convertible preferred stock.

H&E Equipment Services shares gained 107% after it agreed to be acquired by United Rentals for $92 per share in cash for a total enterprise value of about $4.8 billion, the companies said.

Applied Digital shares rose 22% after it said that Macquarie has agreed to invest up to $5 billion in the company.

CFSB Bancorp shares were up almost 13%, adding to Monday's slight gain.