S&P futures are down 0.3% Thursday morning after Wednesday’s rally, when the S&P 500 snapped a three-day losing streak on renewed Middle East optimism. Momentum rebounded sharply, with semis up roughly 4.5%, while cyclicals also outperformed, led by banks, homebuilders, machinery, and travel names helped by the oil pullback. Treasuries are slightly weaker, with yields […]
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S&P futures are up 0.3% Wednesday morning after U.S. equities finished lower Tuesday, with the S&P 500 down for a third straight session. Homebuilders, materials, industrial goods, private equity, and dollar stores were among the weakest groups, while momentum remained under pressure but finished off lows. Healthcare, Energy, and Utilities each gained roughly 1%, and
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S&P futures are down 0.3% Monday morning after Friday’s broad selloff, when all major U.S. indexes fell more than 1% and semis/memory were notable laggards. The weakness left most major indexes lower for the week. Global tone remains softer, with Japan and Hong Kong both down roughly 1% overnight and Europe off about 0.4%. Treasuries
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S&P futures are up 0.3% Thursday morning after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closing at fresh all-time highs. Semis and Mag 7 led again, though breadth remained weak, with the equal-weight S&P lagging the cap-weighted index by roughly 100 bp. Global markets are mixed, with South Korea
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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 up 0.1% Thursday morning after Wednesday’s broad rally, when all major U.S. indexes gained more than 1% and semis again led the tape. Big tech also finished higher, while internets, tech components, banks, machinery, electricals/multis, homebuilders, rails, cruise lines, airlines, apparel, and drug stores also outperformed. Global risk tone remains constructive, with
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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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