March 9, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.0% Monday morning, though off earlier premarket lows, after the S&P 500 last week recorded its worst weekly decline since October amid escalating tensions tied to the Iran conflict. Large-cap tech provided some relative support late last week, with the equal-weight S&P underperforming the cap-weighted index. Global markets […]
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March 6, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Friday morning after another session in which U.S. equities traded lower for most of the day but recovered off intraday lows into the close. Weakness remained concentrated in crowded longs and momentum trades, with semiconductors, transports, machinery, multi-industrials, homebuilders, and healthcare among the laggards. Software again outperformed,
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March 5, 2026 S&P futures are little changed Thursday morning after U.S. equities rallied Wednesday, driven largely by a rebound in crowded momentum trades that had sold off sharply earlier in the week. Strength was concentrated in memory, semiconductors, software, private equity, managed care, and biotech, while energy, airlines, insurers, restaurants, staples retailers, and agricultural
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March 4, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.25% in early trading, near session highs, as U.S. equities attempt to build on Tuesday’s late-session stabilization. Markets remain focused on geopolitical developments in the Middle East, but price action continues to reflect a measured rather than disorderly risk response. Oil has firmed again this morning, with WTI
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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March 2, 2026 S&P futures are down 1% Monday morning following Friday’s tech-led pullback, where semis and software were the primary drags. However, the equal-weight S&P 500 managed a modest gain, supported by energy and defensive leadership — reinforcing that February’s dominant theme has been dispersion rather than broad-based de-risking. Overseas markets are weaker as
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February 27, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.4% Friday morning, near session lows, following Thursday’s mixed close. Tech remained under pressure on semi/memory weakness, though software rallied, while banks, transports, retail, and precious metals miners outperformed. Asian markets were mixed (Hong Kong strong, South Korea weak), Europe little changed. Treasuries are firmer with front-end yields
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February 26, 2026 S&P futures are slightly lower after Wednesday’s rally, which marked the Nasdaq’s first back-to-back 1%+ gains since mid-December. Tech led again, with strength in Mag 7, software, and semis/memory. Banks drove a sharp rebound in financials, while other cyclicals and defensives lagged. Overnight, Asia was mostly higher with South Korea up over
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February 25, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.3% following Tuesday’s tech-led rally. Software (short covering), Mag 7, and semis drove gains, alongside strength in travel & leisure, homebuilders, credit cards, PE, and machinery. Banks, managed care, parcels/logistics, and energy lagged. Overnight, Asia rallied sharply with Japan up over 2% on dovish BoJ nominations. Europe is
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February 24, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% after Monday’s broad selloff, with all major indexes down over 1%. Software, banks, and the Mag 7 led the decline, while defensives (staples, healthcare, utilities) and precious metals held up better. Overnight, Asia was mixed with gains in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China, while Hong Kong
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