March 2, 2026 S&P futures are down 1% Monday morning following Friday’s tech-led pullback, where semis and software were the primary drags. However, the equal-weight S&P 500 managed a modest gain, supported by energy and defensive leadership — reinforcing that February’s dominant theme has been dispersion rather than broad-based de-risking. Overseas markets are weaker as […]
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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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February 23, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.25% after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Friday and for the week. The Nasdaq snapped a five-week losing streak, supported by stronger big tech and continued semi/memory momentum. Machinery, E&Cs, restaurants, and apparel outperformed, while software, chemicals, food, private equity, and biopharma lagged. Overnight, Asia was mostly higher
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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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November 26, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% in Wednesday morning trading after U.S. equities posted a third straight gain on Tuesday, bringing the S&P’s three-day advance to nearly +3.5%. Breadth continued to improve with equal-weight outperforming by more than 50 bp. Asian markets were mostly higher with Japan up nearly 2%, while Europe is
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October 8, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% following Tuesday’s pullback, when the S&P 500 snapped a seven-day winning streak. Oracle (ORCL) weighed on AI sentiment, while autos, builders, travel & leisure, and retail also lagged. Overseas: Asian markets were mostly weaker, with Hong Kong and Japan down ~0.5%, while Europe traded modestly higher (~0.3%). Treasuries were
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October 7, 2025 S&P futures flat in early Tuesday trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Monday, extending the S&P 500’s winning streak to seven sessions. Leadership came from AI, semiconductors, technology, crypto, meme stocks, transports, aerospace & defense, China ADRs, and agricultural chemicals, while builders, staples, restaurants, and telecom lagged. Asian markets were
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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 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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September 2, 2025 S&P 500 futures are off 0.5% after finishing lower last week, though major indexes still extended multi-month winning streaks in August (S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 each up four straight months; Nasdaq up five). Asia traded mixed overnight with Japan higher and Greater China lower, while Europe is down about 0.6%. Treasuries
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