S&P futures are up 0.2% Wednesday morning after U.S. equities finished mostly lower Tuesday, with memory, semis, and other AI-linked themes leading the decline. Travel/leisure, builders, apparel, and trucking also lagged, though 6 of 11 sectors still finished higher, led by Energy, big banks, biopharma, and staples retailers. Global tone is firmer, with Asia mostly […]
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S&P futures are little changed Friday morning after Thursday’s mostly lower session. The market remains caught between a desire to move past the Iran conflict and growing concern that Strait of Hormuz tensions and rising oil may still pose a supply-shock risk. Crude is up again, marking a fifth straight gain, while Treasuries are roughly
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April 15, 2026 S&P futures are little changed Wednesday morning following another strong session Tuesday, with major indices up more than 1%. The S&P has now advanced in nine of the last ten sessions and sits just below its late-January record high, while the Nasdaq extended its winning streak to ten days—its longest since 2021.
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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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April 1, 2026 S&P Futures +0.4%. Futures are building on Tuesday’s rally — the S&P 500’s best single-day gain since last May — though stocks remain sharply lower for March and Q1. Asian markets surged overnight (South Korea +8.5%, Japan +5%+) and European markets are up over 2%. Treasuries are firmer for a third straight
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January 2, 2026 S&P futures +0.6% in premarket trading, following Wednesday’s decline that left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down for a fourth straight session, though both still finished 2025 with double-digit annual gains. Recent pressure has been concentrated in most-shorted names, retail-investor favorites, and Big Tech. Overnight, Asian markets traded higher (Japan and mainland
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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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December 19, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% Friday morning after U.S. equities rallied Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak. AI, semis, Big Tech, momentum and retail-favorite stocks led the rebound, with some cyclicals also participating, while energy, banks and staples lagged. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight (South Korea, Taiwan and Japan outperforming), while
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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 16, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% following Monday’s pullback, which saw AI infrastructure, crypto, retail favorites, most-shorted names, and small caps lead the downside. Big Tech was mixed with TSLA and NVDA standing out, while healthcare, HPCs, and travel & leisure outperformed. Asia traded sharply lower (South Korea −2%+, Japan/Hong Kong −1.5%+), Europe
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