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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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 31, 2025 S&P futures are down ~0.2% in very quiet final-session trading after U.S. equities fell for a third straight day on Tuesday. Asian markets were mixed with several exchanges closed for holidays, while Europe is modestly lower (~0.2%). Treasuries are firmer with long-end yields down 2 bp. The dollar is up 0.1%. Precious
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December 30, 2025 S&P futures are little changed Tuesday morning following Monday’s pullback, with U.S. equities finishing off worst levels. Precious and industrial metals equities were the primary laggards, while TSLA and NVIDIA weighed on the Mag 7. Energy, REITs, Utilities, and Consumer Staples finished higher. Asian markets were mixed in quiet overnight trading, while
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December 29, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.2% in thin Monday morning trade after a strong prior week that saw the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq each gain more than 1%. Asian markets were mostly lower on light volumes, though South Korea rallied over 2%, closing just shy of record highs. European markets are narrowly
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December 26, 2025 S&P futures are little changed in very quiet premarket trading following Wednesday’s modest gains. Asian markets were mostly higher overnight, while Europe is largely closed. Treasuries are steady to slightly firmer with mild curve steepening. The dollar is up 0.1%. Gold rose another 0.8% to fresh record highs, bitcoin futures gained 1.5%,
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December 23, 2025 S&P futures are little changed in early trading after a firm but low-volume Monday that left the S&P 500 just shy of a fresh record. Leadership remained risk-on, with retail-investor favorites, AI enablers, high-beta names, and small caps outperforming. Treasuries were firmer (yields down ~1–3 bp), the dollar fell 0.4% with yen
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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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