April 17, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% Friday morning following another record close for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, with the latter extending its winning streak to 12 sessions—the longest since 2009. The market is now on track for a third consecutive week of gains exceeding 3%, with software again leading the upside alongside […]
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April 13, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.6% Monday morning following last week’s mixed finish, where the index snapped a seven-day winning streak but still posted a second consecutive weekly gain. Global markets are softer, with Europe lower after a mixed Asia session. Rates are slightly higher (+~2 bp), the dollar is firmer (+0.3%), and
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February 4, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.1% in early Wednesday trading, reversing some initial weakness. This follows a mostly lower Tuesday session, with technology—particularly software—the primary drag, pushing the Nasdaq down nearly 1.5%. Cyclicals provided some offset, and small caps finished modestly higher. Overnight, Asian markets were mixed with South Korea and China among the
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December 11, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.6% Thursday morning following Wednesday’s broad cyclical rally led by machinery, industrials, regional banks, housing, transports, and retail. Asian markets were mostly weaker overnight, with notable declines in China’s Shenzhen Composite and Japan’s Nikkei. Europe is slightly higher (~0.1%). Treasuries are little changed after Wednesday’s bullish steepening that
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December 10, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.1% in Wednesday morning trading after a mixed Tuesday session in which money-center banks, pharma, aerospace, builders, and biotech lagged, while most-shorted stocks, retail favorites, private equity, chemicals, networking, and airlines outperformed. Asian markets were mixed in a quiet overnight session, while Europe is modestly lower (~0.2%). Treasuries
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December 9, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.05% in Tuesday morning trading following Monday’s broad market decline, where six sectors fell more than 1% and tech was the only gainer on semiconductor strength. Treasuries are unchanged to slightly firmer on the long end after Monday’s rate backup pushed the 10-year yield to its highest level
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October 10, 2025 S&P futures flat following Thursday’s decline, which trimmed Wednesday’s record highs though left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq still positive for the week. European markets are broadly lower after a softer Asian session. Treasuries are firmer with the curve flattening and long-end yields down 3–4 bp. The Dollar Index is off 0.2%
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October 9, 2025 S&P futures flat following Wednesday’s mostly higher session, which saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs led by renewed strength in AI. European markets are mostly higher after a stronger Asian session. Treasuries are steady to slightly firmer at the long end, the Dollar Index is unchanged, gold is
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October 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% after U.S. equities ended mixed on Friday, though the S&P 500 extended its winning streak to six sessions and all major indexes posted weekly gains of over 1%. Outperformers included pharma, semiconductors, China tech, utilities, builders, rails, and machinery, while big tech was mixed — NVDA stood out with
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October 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.2% following Thursday’s gains, when the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq all closed at fresh record highs. Leadership came from most-shorted stocks, semis, China tech, managed care, machinery, credit cards, and travel/leisure, while EVs, pharma, biotech, media, telecom, entertainment, and credit bureaus lagged. Overnight, Asian markets traded mostly higher, with Japan
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