February 17, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.2% following a week in which equities finished mostly higher Friday but closed lower overall. The Nasdaq fell more than 2% last week, marking its fifth straight weekly decline. The Mag 7 dropped over 3%, while banks were also pressured. AI-disruption concerns weighed on trucking, CRE brokers, wealth […]
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February 13, 2026 S&P futures -0.4% in Friday morning trading after Thursday’s 1.6% decline marked a third straight down day for the S&P 500. Software and Mag 7 names led the downside, while trucking/logistics, CRE brokers, private equity, and banks also came under pressure. Defensives outperformed, with Utilities and Consumer Staples both up over 1%.
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January 7, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% in Tuesday morning trading after U.S. equities finished higher on Tuesday. Prior session leadership was firmly pro-cyclical, with memory, semiconductors, machinery, metals, chemicals, regional banks, health care, and consumer discretionary leading, while crowded short baskets were notable outperformers. Mag 7 stocks were mixed and lagged, and energy came under
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January 6, 2026 S&P futures −0.1% Tuesday morning after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, with the Dow closing at a record high. Leadership remained pro-cyclical, led by small caps, energy, financials, and consumer discretionary, while defensives lagged. Roughly two-thirds of the S&P 500 advanced. Overnight, Asian markets extended gains, with Japan posting its strongest two-day
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October 31, 2025 S&P futures up 0.7% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities finished near session lows Thursday, weighed by META and weakness across QSRs, managed care, airlines, and ag chemicals. Retail favorites and most-shorted names also underperformed. Despite narrow breadth, stocks remain on track for a third straight weekly gain and a sixth
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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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May 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% after the index posted an eighth straight gain on Thursday, now up over 8.5% since early April and just 1% below pre-tariff announcement levels. Stocks are tracking for a second straight weekly gain, the first since January. Overnight, Asia traded mostly higher (led by Hong Kong and
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