S&P futures are down 0.3% Thursday morning after Wednesday’s rally, when the S&P 500 snapped a three-day losing streak on renewed Middle East optimism. Momentum rebounded sharply, with semis up roughly 4.5%, while cyclicals also outperformed, led by banks, homebuilders, machinery, and travel names helped by the oil pullback. Treasuries are slightly weaker, with yields […]
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S&P futures are down 0.3% Monday morning after Friday’s broad selloff, when all major U.S. indexes fell more than 1% and semis/memory were notable laggards. The weakness left most major indexes lower for the week. Global tone remains softer, with Japan and Hong Kong both down roughly 1% overnight and Europe off about 0.4%. Treasuries
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February 20, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% after Thursday’s pullback. Yesterday’s weakness was concentrated in private equity/private credit, big banks, life insurers, credit cards, airlines, and housing-related retail. Utilities and energy outperformed, along with machinery, E&Cs, A&D, and telecom. Overnight, Asia was mixed: South Korea rallied over 2% (+5.5% for the week), while Japan
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February 19, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% after Wednesday’s rally, which was led by NVIDIA (NVDA), Amazon (AMZN), software, energy, metals, banks, and restaurants. Defensives underperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were higher, with South Korea up over 3% and Australia at a fresh record. European equities are down ~0.7%. Treasuries are slightly weaker (yields +1
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November 28, 2025 S&P futures were halted overnight due to technical issues at the CME, interrupting early trading. This follows Wednesday’s fourth consecutive gain for the S&P 500, which remains on pace for a weekly increase of more than 3%. Asian markets were mostly higher—with Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan leading—while Europe traded little changed.
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August 15, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities ended mostly lower Thursday, though the S&P 500 eked out a gain to a third straight ATH. Big tech provided support with AMZN a standout, while small caps and sectors including apparel, machinery, builders, building materials, industrial metals, and China tech lagged. Asia mixed
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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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May 16, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% early Friday, near premarket highs, following a mixed Thursday where defensive sectors outperformed but big tech lagged. Major indices are poised for solid weekly gains. European markets stronger, while Asian markets saw mixed results. Treasuries are firmer with curve flattening, yields up for the week. Dollar index down
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May 15, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.5% Thursday morning, following mixed U.S. equity performance on Wednesday. Big tech and semis outperformed, while defensives and healthcare lagged. Asian markets traded mostly lower overnight, with Japan and Greater China notable laggards. European markets are also down ~0.5%. Treasuries are firmer, with yields lower by 2-3 bps.
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S&P futures are up 0.3% in Wednesday morning trading after US equities closed mostly higher on Tuesday. Gains were led by small caps, banks, commodity equities, capital goods, builders, and airlines, while big tech and healthcare continued to lag. Treasuries are firmer across the curve, the dollar index is down 0.2%, gold is up 1%,
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