S&P 500 futures were down roughly 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures were down about 0.6% early Monday, while Dow futures were also slightly lower. Higher crude prices and renewed weakness in semiconductor shares are weighing on sentiment ahead of a busy week featuring June CPI, retail sales and the start of second-quarter earnings season. U.S. […]
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Thematic ETF flows show investors buying AI hardware, dividend income, REITs, biotech, infrastructure and banks while cutting generic AI, software, natural resources, clean energy and crypto-linked themes. The message is selective risk appetite, not a broad innovation rally right now.
S&P futures are down 0.5% Monday morning after U.S. equities finished higher last week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq up for a fifth straight week and both closing at new all-time highs. The Russell 2000 rose for a sixth straight week. Global markets are mixed, with Asia mostly higher overnight, led by South Korea
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March 5, 2026 S&P futures are little changed Thursday morning after U.S. equities rallied Wednesday, driven largely by a rebound in crowded momentum trades that had sold off sharply earlier in the week. Strength was concentrated in memory, semiconductors, software, private equity, managed care, and biotech, while energy, airlines, insurers, restaurants, staples retailers, and agricultural
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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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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 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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January 13, 2026 S&P futures −0.2% after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, reversing an early dip. Small caps outperformed again, extending the early-2026 broadening / pro-cyclical rotation theme. Strength on Monday was seen in big tech, retail favorites, momentum leaders, metals, memory, semicaps, restaurants, staples, and industrial multis, while consumer finance lagged. Overnight, Asian markets
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December 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.2% after U.S. equities opened December with a broad pullback on Monday, finishing near session lows. Weakness was concentrated in crypto-exposed names, retail favorites, high-short-interest stocks, and 12-month winners, while Energy led the tape. Asian trading was mixed overnight: South Korea outperformed on lower U.S. tariff rates, while
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September 17, 2025 S&P futures flat Wednesday morning after a quiet Tuesday that saw the S&P and Nasdaq edge off record highs and the Nasdaq 100 snap a nine-day streak. Asian trading was mixed, with Hong Kong up nearly 2% on tech strength, while Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia fell. Europe opened modestly higher.
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