February 12, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% in Thursday morning trading after Wednesday’s mixed session, where the S&P 500 finished flat but dispersion remained elevated. Memory and semis outperformed, software sold off again, and AI-related competitive pressure continued to weigh on financials—now extending to CRE brokers and services. Energy and defensive sectors also held up better. […]
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February 3, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.2% in early Tuesday trading after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, snapping a three-day losing streak. Cyclicals led the rebound with airlines, retail, and machinery outperforming, while energy and precious-metals equities lagged. Mag 7 performance was mixed. Global markets are constructive. Asian equities rallied sharply overnight, led by South
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January 27, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, reversing early pressure. Leadership came from Mag 7, software, pharma, and precious metals, while small caps lagged for a second session; most-shorted and retail-favorite names also underperformed. Asia traded higher overnight (strength in South Korea and Greater China), Europe modestly firmer (~+0.2%). Treasuries
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December 18, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.4% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s sharp pullback, when the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 all fell more than 1%. The prior session saw pressure in big tech, semis, AI infrastructure, and retail-investor favorites, while defensives and cyclicals such as energy, regional banks, chemicals, and staples held up
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December 17, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% after U.S. equities finished mostly lower Tuesday, marking the S&P’s third straight decline since last Thursday’s record close. Energy and healthcare led declines, while Big Tech outperformed, with TSLA hitting a fresh record high. Asia traded mostly higher (South Korea and Greater China strongest), Europe up ~0.3%.
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December 7, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% in Monday premarket trading after Friday’s mostly higher session left the S&P 500 just below its late-October record close. Major indices ended the week with sub-1% gains. Asian markets were mixed while Europe opened modestly higher. Treasuries are slightly weaker with yields up 1–2 bp, the dollar
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November 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Thursday morning after U.S. equities rebounded Wednesday from the biggest one-day pullback since the Oct-10 U.S.–China trade flare-up. The recovery was broad, led by semiconductors, airlines, regional banks, hotels, casinos, and apparel retail, while small caps, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names also outperformed. Overseas, Asia rallied sharply (Tokyo,
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October 13, 2025 S&P futures +1.3% in early Monday trading, rebounding after Friday’s sharp selloff that marked the S&P 500’s worst session since early April’s “Liberation Day” drop. Asian equities were broadly weaker overnight, while European markets are posting modest gains. Treasuries are closed for the Columbus Day holiday. The Dollar Index is up 0.1%,
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October 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% after U.S. equities ended mixed on Friday, though the S&P 500 extended its winning streak to six sessions and all major indexes posted weekly gains of over 1%. Outperformers included pharma, semiconductors, China tech, utilities, builders, rails, and machinery, while big tech was mixed — NVDA stood out with
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October 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% following Thursday’s gains, when the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq all closed at fresh record highs. Leadership came from most-shorted stocks, semis, China tech, managed care, machinery, credit cards, and travel/leisure, while EVs, pharma, biotech, media, telecom, entertainment, and credit bureaus lagged. Overnight, Asian markets traded mostly higher, with Japan
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