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 13, 2026 S&P futures -0.4% in Friday morning trading after Thursday’s 1.6% decline marked a third straight down day for the S&P 500. Software and Mag 7 names led the downside, while trucking/logistics, CRE brokers, private equity, and banks also came under pressure. Defensives outperformed, with Utilities and Consumer Staples both up over 1%.
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September 11, 2025 S&P futures +0.1%. U.S. equities were mixed Wednesday with the S&P and Nasdaq closing at fresh record highs, though breadth was weak (nearly 60% of the S&P declined). Tech dominated focus: ORCL, NVDA, and AVGO rallied, while AAPL and AMZN slipped. Asia traded mixed overnight—Mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan gained on
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September 10, 2025 S&P futures flat after U.S. equities closed mostly higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 setting another record despite negative breadth and weakness in the equal-weight index. Big tech (NVDA, GOOGL, META) and AI names led, joined by managed care, China tech, energy, and retail favorites. Media, homebuilders, industrials, and apparel lagged. Asia
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September 8, 2025 S&P 500 futures are up 0.2% after Friday’s decline, which still left the S&P 500 up for the fourth time in five weeks and the Nasdaq with its first gain in three. Asia rallied overnight (Japan +1.5% on PM Ishiba’s resignation and GDP revision), while Europe is up ~0.4%. Treasuries are firmer
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August 14, 2025 S&P futures slightly lower after Wednesday’s gains, led by small caps (Russell 2000 +~2%) and strength in pharma, apparel, regional banks, builders, HPCs, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names. Treasuries firmed (yields -2–3 bps), dollar flat, gold -0.1%, Bitcoin -1.1%, WTI crude +0.4%. Markets await July PPI and weekly jobless claims this
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August 13, 2025 S&P futures up 0.15% after Tuesday’s broad rally that saw all major indexes gain over 1%, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hitting new record highs. Small caps led, posting their best day since May, while the Mag 7 also hit new highs, led by META. Outperformers included most-shorted names, semis,
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August 12, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% after U.S. equities closed mostly lower Monday, with weakness in software, E&Ps, transports, commodity chemicals, building products, homebuilders, and industrial metals. Retail favorites, most-shorted names, and semis outperformed. Asia mostly higher overnight (Japan +2%, China up for sixth straight day); Europe flat. Treasuries little changed, gold -0.2%, Bitcoin
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July 31, 2025 S&P futures up 1.0% in early Thursday trading, bouncing after Wednesday’s broad-based selloff that saw ~70% of the S&P 500 close lower. Laggards included energy, copper, logistics, packaging, builders, and HPCs. Outperformers were healthcare, semicap equipment, cruise lines, casual diners, casinos, tobacco, and apparel. Asian markets mostly fell with China and Hong
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July 14, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% in early Monday trading after a mostly lower week for U.S. equities. Defensive sectors such as consumer staples, money center banks, software, and managed care underperformed, while AI, energy, airlines, hotels, and homebuilders led. Momentum factor names continued to lag. Asian markets were mixed overnight, while Europe
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