February 9, 2026 S&P 500 futures -0.2% early Monday after Friday’s sharp rally and a mixed week in which cyclicals and defensives outperformed while big tech and software lagged. The equal-weight S&P (RSP) hit a record high and outperformed SPX by ~220 bp, underscoring continued rotation beneath the surface. Global markets: Asia was higher, led […]
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February 6, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.3% Friday morning after being down more than 1% overnight, following Thursday’s broad selloff that left all major indexes down over 1% and the S&P on a third straight decline. Software fell for a seventh consecutive session, remaining the main drag. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly lower, with South
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February 3, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.2% in early Tuesday trading after U.S. equities finished higher Monday, snapping a three-day losing streak. Cyclicals led the rebound with airlines, retail, and machinery outperforming, while energy and precious-metals equities lagged. Mag 7 performance was mixed. Global markets are constructive. Asian equities rallied sharply overnight, led by South
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February 2, 2026 U.S. equity futures are lower to start the week, with S&P 500 futures down 0.6% and Nasdaq futures down 0.9%, following Friday’s selloff and a mostly negative week for equities. Risk aversion carried through Asia, where South Korea fell more than 5%, while Hong Kong and China dropped over 2%. European markets
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November 10, 2025 S&P futures +1% in Monday morning trading after last week’s pullback ended a three-week winning streak. Retail favorites, most-shorted, AI-linked, crypto, nuclear, and quantum names led the declines last week, while regional banks, insurers, energy, pharma, and staples held up better. Overnight, Asia rallied (South Korea +3%, Japan/Hong Kong +1%+), and Europe
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October 2, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% after equities finished mostly higher on Wednesday, reversing early weakness. Gains were led by pharma, apparel, retail, data centers, and China ADRs, while medtech, financials, and airlines lagged. Overseas, Asian markets advanced with South Korea up more than 2.5% and Hong Kong gaining over 1.5%. Europe traded higher as
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July 31, 2025 S&P futures up 1.0% in early Thursday trading, bouncing after Wednesday’s broad-based selloff that saw ~70% of the S&P 500 close lower. Laggards included energy, copper, logistics, packaging, builders, and HPCs. Outperformers were healthcare, semicap equipment, cruise lines, casual diners, casinos, tobacco, and apparel. Asian markets mostly fell with China and Hong
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March 17, 2025 S&P futures down 0.4% following Friday’s sharp rally, which marked the S&P’s best daily performance since Trump’s 2024 election win. Despite the bounce, the index still logged its fourth consecutive weekly decline. Asian markets mostly higher, with South Korea, Japan, and Australia leading gains, while European markets are mixed. Treasuries firmer, with
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S&P futures are little changed Friday morning following a mixed Thursday session dominated by stock-specific moves. Big tech, banks, GSEs, staples, travel, and E&Cs outperformed, while semis, healthcare, homebuilders, and energy lagged. Asian markets were mixed, with Greater China leading while Japan underperformed. European markets also showed mixed performance. Treasuries were narrowly mixed with curve
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