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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January 7, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% in Tuesday morning trading after U.S. equities finished higher on Tuesday. Prior session leadership was firmly pro-cyclical, with memory, semiconductors, machinery, metals, chemicals, regional banks, health care, and consumer discretionary leading, while crowded short baskets were notable outperformers. Mag 7 stocks were mixed and lagged, and energy came under
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January 5, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% in early Monday trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Friday but lower for the week. The S&P 500 ended 2025 with four consecutive daily declines, a pattern Goldman Sachs noted has occurred only twice since 1950. Friday’s bounce did little to reverse late-December momentum concerns. Overnight, Asian
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January 2, 2026 S&P futures +0.6% in premarket trading, following Wednesday’s decline that left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down for a fourth straight session, though both still finished 2025 with double-digit annual gains. Recent pressure has been concentrated in most-shorted names, retail-investor favorites, and Big Tech. Overnight, Asian markets traded higher (Japan and mainland
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December 22, 2025 S&P futures +0.4% Monday premarket, near highs, following Friday’s tech- and AI-led rebound that also lifted high-beta and retail-favorite names. Asian markets were broadly higher overnight, while Europe traded lower. Treasuries are little changed with the long end ~1 bp higher; the dollar is off 0.1%. Gold +1.3%, bitcoin +2.0%, and WTI
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November 19, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.4% Wednesday morning after U.S. equities finished mostly lower on Tuesday, marking the S&P’s fourth straight decline and leaving the index nearly 4% below its recent peak. Big tech remained a drag, though six of eleven sectors advanced and equal-weight S&P outperformed by ~90 bp. Treasuries were little
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November 18, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% Tuesday morning after U.S. equities extended their pullback on Monday, with the S&P 500 falling for a third straight session and breaking below its 50-day moving average for the first time in 138 trading days. Big tech, AI, retail favorites, and most-shorted names were broadly weaker, while
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September 17, 2025 S&P futures flat Wednesday morning after a quiet Tuesday that saw the S&P and Nasdaq edge off record highs and the Nasdaq 100 snap a nine-day streak. Asian trading was mixed, with Hong Kong up nearly 2% on tech strength, while Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia fell. Europe opened modestly higher.
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September 12, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in quiet Friday premarket after Thursday’s gains pushed the S&P and Nasdaq to fresh ATHs. Week shaping up for moderate index gains. European markets softer, Asia mixed. Treasuries steady to weaker at the short end after a big flattening move this week. Dollar +0.2%, gold +0.2%, Bitcoin +0.4%,
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May 22, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% in Thursday morning trading after Wednesday’s broad selloff, which saw major indexes decline by over 1.4%. Financials, managed care, rate-sensitive sectors, and retail favorites were among the hardest hit. Asian markets closed lower, led by declines in South Korea and Hong Kong, while European equities are down
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