March 26, 2026 S&P futures down 0.8% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s gains, with prior strength led by small caps, most-shorted names, and Mag 7. Biotech (M&A), transports, industrial metals, PE, and payments also outperformed, while memory, software, energy, homebuilders, ag chemicals, and managed care lagged. Asian markets mostly weaker (South Korea, China lagging), Europe down […]
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March 25, 2026 S&P futures up 0.8% Wednesday morning following a mixed-to-weaker session Tuesday, where big tech and software lagged while small caps, semis, banks, industrial metals, and chemicals outperformed. Global markets are stronger with Asia broadly higher (Japan +~3%) and Europe up ~1.5%. Treasuries are rallying with front-end yields down 6–7 bp after Tuesday’s
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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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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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November 13, 2025 S&P futures −0.1% in Thursday morning trading after U.S. equities ended mixed Wednesday, with equal-weight S&P (SPW) outperforming the cap-weighted index by over 50 bp. Healthcare, retail, big banks, and materials led gains, while large-cap tech lagged. Asia mostly higher overnight (Shanghai Composite strong), and Europe +0.2%. Treasuries slightly weaker (yields +1
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November 12, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% in Wednesday morning trading after U.S. equities ended mostly higher Tuesday. Leadership came from energy, healthcare, staples, telecom, and homebuilders, while AI-leveraged, retail-favorite, and most-shorted names lagged. Asia mostly higher overnight (South Korea, Hong Kong strong; China softer) and Europe up ~1%. Treasuries firmer with yields down 3–4 bp
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August 13, 2025 S&P futures up 0.15% after Tuesday’s broad rally that saw all major indexes gain over 1%, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 hitting new record highs. Small caps led, posting their best day since May, while the Mag 7 also hit new highs, led by META. Outperformers included most-shorted names, semis,
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August 12, 2025 S&P futures up 0.1% after U.S. equities closed mostly lower Monday, with weakness in software, E&Ps, transports, commodity chemicals, building products, homebuilders, and industrial metals. Retail favorites, most-shorted names, and semis outperformed. Asia mostly higher overnight (Japan +2%, China up for sixth straight day); Europe flat. Treasuries little changed, gold -0.2%, Bitcoin
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May 19, 2025 S&P 500 futures are down 1.1% in early Monday trading after a strong rally last week, where the index climbed over 5%, leaving it up 19.5% from April lows and over 1% YTD. Tariff-exposed, most-shorted stocks, big tech, and semiconductors led the recent charge. Global markets are softer: Asian indices were mixed
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April 2, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.5% in early trading after U.S. equities closed mostly higher Tuesday. Gains were led by a Mag 7 rebound and cyclical strength, while defensives lagged. Treasuries are firmer with yields down 1–2 bp. Dollar index is off 0.2%. Gold is up 0.5%, Bitcoin futures are down 0.3%, and
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