April 22, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.6% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s selloff left stocks near session lows. The rebound is being helped by a ceasefire extension, which supports the broader de-escalation narrative, though the continued U.S. blockade is still keeping concerns alive around physical energy disruption, especially in refined products. Cross-asset tone is constructive: […]
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April 20, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.5% Monday morning after a third straight week of strong equity gains that left both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq at fresh record highs. The pullback follows a powerful momentum run, with the Nasdaq logging its longest winning streak since 1992. Cross-asset moves are mildly defensive: Treasury yields
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April 14, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% Tuesday morning following Monday’s strong rally, where major indices gained over 1% and the S&P 500 reclaimed its pre-conflict (Feb 27) level. The Nasdaq extended its winning streak to nine sessions, led by a sharp rebound in software and continued strength in semiconductors, while defensives like staples
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April 7, 2026 S&P Futures -0.2% Futures are drifting lower after yesterday’s light session — the slowest volume day of the year — that nonetheless ended in the green. Asian markets are mostly higher overnight, with Australia and South Korea among the outperformers and Japan eking out a gain. European markets are up ~0.7%. Treasuries
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April 2, 2026 S&P500 Futures are down 1.1% after Trump’s evening address on Iran failed to provide any timeline for ending the conflict, reiterated threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, and again framed the Strait of Hormuz as other countries’ responsibility to manage. The speech unwound much of the offramp optimism that fueled Tuesday and
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March 30, 2026 S&P futures up 0.4% Monday morning after U.S. equities fell >1.5% Friday, marking a fifth straight weekly decline. Asian markets mostly weaker (Japan, South Korea ~-3%) while China was modestly higher; Europe up ~0.4%. Treasuries firmer (yields -2–3 bp), dollar +0.1%, yen stronger on intervention talk. Gold +0.8%, Bitcoin +1.5%, and crude
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March 27, 2026 S&P futures little changed Friday morning after giving back earlier gains, following Thursday’s sharp selloff—S&P’s biggest decline since the Iran conflict began. Momentum (-~4%) and growth (-~2.5%) led the downside with big tech, semis, and memory under pressure, while energy, insurance, alts, med-tech, and pockets of software showed relative strength. Asian markets
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March 26, 2026 S&P futures down 0.8% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s gains, with prior strength led by small caps, most-shorted names, and Mag 7. Biotech (M&A), transports, industrial metals, PE, and payments also outperformed, while memory, software, energy, homebuilders, ag chemicals, and managed care lagged. Asian markets mostly weaker (South Korea, China lagging), Europe down
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March 4, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.25% in early trading, near session highs, as U.S. equities attempt to build on Tuesday’s late-session stabilization. Markets remain focused on geopolitical developments in the Middle East, but price action continues to reflect a measured rather than disorderly risk response. Oil has firmed again this morning, with WTI
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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