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 11, 2026 S&P futures little changed in Wednesday morning trading following Tuesday’s mixed session, where equities finished just off their lows. Mega-cap tech and AI infrastructure remained under pressure, banks lagged, and advisory firms saw additional weakness on AI competition concerns. Defensives and rate-sensitive groups, including homebuilders, outperformed. Overseas, Asian markets were mostly higher
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December 22, 2025 S&P futures +0.4% Monday premarket, near highs, following Friday’s tech- and AI-led rebound that also lifted high-beta and retail-favorite names. Asian markets were broadly higher overnight, while Europe traded lower. Treasuries are little changed with the long end ~1 bp higher; the dollar is off 0.1%. Gold +1.3%, bitcoin +2.0%, and WTI
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November 7, 2025 S&P futures -0.3%, near premarket lows, after U.S. equities fell sharply Thursday, with three of four major indexes down over 1%. The Nasdaq 100 logged its third >1% pullback in six sessions, as AI, retail favorites, and most-shorted names led declines. NVDA and TSLA were the weakest of the Mag 7. Other
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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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September 18, 2025 S&P futures +0.8% Thursday morning, led by big tech. Follows Wednesday’s mixed close with choppy post-FOMC trade; small caps outperformed while growth/momentum lagged, with NVDA a drag. Asia mixed (Korea, Taiwan, Japan strong; China/HK weak), Europe up ~1%. Treasuries firmer (yields -2 bp), dollar flat, gold -0.3%, Bitcoin +1.5%, WTI crude -0.4%.
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August 7, 2025 S&P futures +0.7%, building on Wednesday’s gains where tech led the rally (AAPL, AMZN), pushing the Mag 7 to a new all-time high. Strength was also seen in retail, consumer, transports, and autos, while healthcare, utilities, energy, regional banks, and capital goods lagged. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher (Taiwan and South
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June 19, 2025 Domestic markets are closed in celebration of the Juneteenth Holiday U.S. equities finished narrowly mixed in volatile Wednesday trading (Dow -0.10%, S&P 500 -0.03%, Nasdaq +0.13%, Russell 2000 +0.52%), lacking a strong directional driver. Market participants continued to monitor developments in the Middle East, where tensions between Israel and Iran remained high.
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May 12, 2025 S&P futures surged 2.7% early Monday after last week’s pullback, which followed two strong weeks that recovered early April tariff losses. Equal-weight S&P outperformed the benchmark by 90 bp last week. Asian markets rose overnight, led by Hong Kong (+3%), with South Korea and India also higher. European equities gained nearly 2%.
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May 9, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% after U.S. equities closed higher Thursday but off intraday highs. Major indexes are on track to finish the week narrowly mixed, with industrials leading and healthcare, energy, and communication services under pressure. Asian markets were mixed (Japan and Taiwan up; China and South Korea lagged), while Europe opened
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