Stock Index Futures Slip as Shutdown Deadline Looms, U.S. JOLTs Report and Fed Speak Awaited

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are down -0.23%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are down -0.14% this morning as investors grew anxious with the deadline to avert a U.S. government shutdown approaching.