January 15, 2026 U.S. index futures are higher (S&P futures +0.3% | Nasdaq futures +0.7%) after Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq closed lower Wednesday, led down by big tech and banks. Breadth was better beneath the surface, with ~60% of S&P 500 constituents advancing and defensives outperforming. Overnight, Asia was mixed (Japan, Hong Kong, China […]
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January 14, 2026 S&P futures −0.4% following Tuesday’s equity decline. Financials, payments, and software led the downside in the prior session, while energy, consumer staples, and real estate outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher, led by Japan (+~1.5%) on renewed snap-election speculation, while China lagged after higher margin requirements. European markets +0.2%. Treasuries slightly
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November 7, 2025 S&P futures -0.3%, near premarket lows, after U.S. equities fell sharply Thursday, with three of four major indexes down over 1%. The Nasdaq 100 logged its third >1% pullback in six sessions, as AI, retail favorites, and most-shorted names led declines. NVDA and TSLA were the weakest of the Mag 7. Other
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November 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Thursday morning after U.S. equities rebounded Wednesday from the biggest one-day pullback since the Oct-10 U.S.–China trade flare-up. The recovery was broad, led by semiconductors, airlines, regional banks, hotels, casinos, and apparel retail, while small caps, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names also outperformed. Overseas, Asia rallied sharply (Tokyo,
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October 16, 2025 S&P futures +0.4% in Thursday morning trading, following a mixed but mostly higher session on Wednesday that saw short baskets, non-profitable tech, large banks, dollar stores, auto suppliers, and industrial metals lead the market. Regional banks, industrial distributors, trucking, aerospace & defense, insurance, and staples lagged, while big tech was generally weaker.
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October 14, 2025 S&P futures -1.1%, pulling back after Monday’s strong rebound. Treasuries are rallying with yields down 5–6 bp across the curve. Dollar Index +0.1%, gold +0.5%, Bitcoin -3.7%, WTI crude -2.1%. Markets turned risk-off after hopes of U.S.–China trade de-escalation faded. Beijing sanctioned U.S. subsidiaries of a South Korean shipbuilder, while China tightened
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October 13, 2025 S&P futures +1.3% in early Monday trading, rebounding after Friday’s sharp selloff that marked the S&P 500’s worst session since early April’s “Liberation Day” drop. Asian equities were broadly weaker overnight, while European markets are posting modest gains. Treasuries are closed for the Columbus Day holiday. The Dollar Index is up 0.1%,
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September 9, 2025 U.S. equities are up slightly after Monday’s modest gains, led by semis, software, Mag 7, China tech, asset managers, and retail, while defensives (utilities, pharma/biotech, food/beverage) and cyclicals (energy, steel, transport, insurers) lagged. Treasuries are weaker with curve steepening (yields +1–3 bp). Dollar -0.2% as yen rallies on hawkish BoJ. Gold +0.4%,
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July 17, 2025 S&P Futures are trading up 0.1% after Wednesday’s gains, with strength in pharma, insurers, asset managers, airlines, and homebuilders. Retail favorites and most-shorted names also outperformed. European markets are broadly higher after a solid session in Asia. Treasuries are weaker with long-end yields up ~2 bps. The dollar is up 0.3%, gold
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July 16, 2025 U.S. equity futures are slightly lower Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s reversal, which saw the S&P 500 close down despite early strength. Small caps, banks, crypto-linked names, energy, materials, and healthcare lagged, while semis outperformed, lifting tech more than 1%. Asian markets dipped modestly overnight; Europe is down ~0.4%. Treasuries are steady to
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