February 5, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.2% Thursday morning after a mixed U.S. session on Wednesday. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 closed lower, but the equal-weight S&P rose nearly 0.9% to a fresh record, underscoring continued broadening. Semiconductors were the main drag, while software fell for a seventh straight session. Select cyclicals and […]
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January 26, 2026 S&P futures were down 0.2% Monday morning, though off worst premarket levels, following a choppy week that ended modestly lower. Big tech held up late last week, while momentum, high-beta, and retail-favorite names lagged. European markets were mostly lower after a mixed Asian session. Treasuries were firmer with modest curve flattening (yields
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January 23, 2026 S&P futures −0.1%, off worst premarket levels, after U.S. equities closed higher Thursday. Small caps led again, with the Russell 2000 outperforming the S&P 500 for a 14th straight session to start 2026. Most-shorted, retail favorites, and the Mag 7 outperformed. Strength also seen in software, HPCs, credit cards, managed care, and
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November 5, 2025 S&P futures -0.4% in Wednesday morning trading after Tuesday’s sharp selloff, the largest one-day decline since October 10. Pressure remained centered in Big Tech, unprofitable tech, retail favorites, most-shorted names, crypto, and cruise lines. Overseas markets are mostly weaker: South Korea -3%, Japan -2.5%, and Europe -0.7%. Treasuries were steady across the
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November 4, 2025 S&P futures -1.0% in early Tuesday trading after U.S. equities ended mixed Monday, with narrow breadth again the dominant theme — over 60% of S&P 500 components declined even as Big Tech outperformed on AI partnership headlines. Overseas markets are weaker: Asia saw sharp declines (South Korea -2.5%, Japan -1.7%) and Europe
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August 4, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.7% in early trading, rebounding from Friday’s selloff that left all major indexes down over 2% for the week (Russell 2000 -4%). Overnight, Asian markets were mixed (Japan down, Hong Kong and Korea up ~1%), while Europe is up over 1%. Treasuries are weaker, with yields up ~3
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August 1, 2025 S&P futures down 1% in early Friday trading, following broad weakness in Thursday’s session. Initial gains from upbeat MSFT and META earnings faded as pressure resumed in pharma, med-tech, biotech, banks, asset managers, and energy. Asian markets declined sharply overnight, led by South Korea (-4%) and Hong Kong (-1%). Europe also down
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S&P futures down 0.6% Wednesday morning after US equities gained Tuesday, led by small caps, tech, consumer discretionary, and energy, while cosmetics, pharma, and managed care lagged. Asian markets were mixed, with South Korea up over 1% and Hong Kong down nearly 1%. European markets slipped ~0.3%. Treasuries strengthened, bringing 10-year yields below 4.50%. The
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S&P futures are down 0.2% Tuesday morning after US equities closed lower Monday, with tech, industrials, and consumer discretionary sectors all falling over 1%, while defensives like consumer staples, healthcare, and energy outperformed. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight, led by Hong Kong (+3%) and South Korea (+1%), while European markets were mixed. Treasuries weakened
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