US STOCKS-Futures choppy as U.S. shutdown extension weighs

U.S. stock index futures see-sawed on Monday after a strong recovery last week, as President Donald Trump extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, raising fears of a larger economic hit from the slump in business activity.

Trump on Sunday dropped a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by mid April after a top medical adviser said more than 100,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak if mitigation measures were not successful. Oil prices fell to an 18-year low as demand dropped on fears of the economic damage from the outbreak.

At 05:48 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 24 points, or 0.11%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 1.5 points, or 0.06% and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 24.25 points, or 0.32%. SPDR S&P 500 ETFs were down 0.28%.

The S&P 500 index closed down 3.37% at 2,541.47​ on Friday.