March 19, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.1% Thursday morning, following Wednesday’s broad selloff that pushed the S&P 500 to its lowest level since November with ~85% of constituents declining. Weakness was widespread across big tech, metals/miners, and defensives (staples, healthcare). Global markets are under pressure (Japan -3.5%, South Korea -3%, Europe ~-2%), while Treasuries […]
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March 18, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.5% Wednesday morning, extending this week’s equity rebound after back-to-back gains. Leadership continues to skew toward high beta and positioning-driven areas, including most-shorted names, retail favorites, small caps, travel & leisure, energy, and private equity. Global markets are supportive, with Asia higher (South Korea +5%, Japan +3%) and
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March17, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Tuesday morning, giving back some of Monday’s gains after the S&P 500 rose just over 1%, its best session since the Iran strikes began. Yesterday’s rally was led by big tech, semis, memory, travel & leisure, homebuilders, trucking, and consumer discretionary. Asian markets were mixed, with South Korea
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March16, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.4% Monday morning, as markets attempt to stabilize after U.S. equities posted a third consecutive weekly decline. Big tech ended mostly lower last week alongside weakness in software, homebuilders, private equity, transports, apparel, and food, while memory, energy, data centers, E&Cs, utilities, and pharma outperformed. Asian markets were mixed
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March 12, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Thursday morning, though off earlier lows, after a choppy and mostly weaker session Wednesday where gains in mega-cap tech helped cushion broader declines. Global markets are softer. Asian equities fell overnight, and European markets are broadly lower. In rates, Treasuries are mixed with long-end yields up ~1
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March 10, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.3% Tuesday morning, easing slightly from overnight highs but extending Monday’s rally after comments from President Trump suggesting the Iran conflict may be nearing completion. The rebound has been led by big tech, high-beta stocks, retail-favorite names, and heavily shorted equities, with growth and momentum factors outperforming. Global
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March 6, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Friday morning after another session in which U.S. equities traded lower for most of the day but recovered off intraday lows into the close. Weakness remained concentrated in crowded longs and momentum trades, with semiconductors, transports, machinery, multi-industrials, homebuilders, and healthcare among the laggards. Software again outperformed,
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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March 2, 2026 S&P futures are down 1% Monday morning following Friday’s tech-led pullback, where semis and software were the primary drags. However, the equal-weight S&P 500 managed a modest gain, supported by energy and defensive leadership — reinforcing that February’s dominant theme has been dispersion rather than broad-based de-risking. Overseas markets are weaker as
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February 27, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.4% Friday morning, near session lows, following Thursday’s mixed close. Tech remained under pressure on semi/memory weakness, though software rallied, while banks, transports, retail, and precious metals miners outperformed. Asian markets were mixed (Hong Kong strong, South Korea weak), Europe little changed. Treasuries are firmer with front-end yields
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