February 18, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.6% following a mixed start to the holiday-shortened week. Yesterday saw weakness in software, metals, staples, and energy, while financials, airlines, and biotech outperformed. Overnight, Asian markets were mostly higher in thin holiday trading, with the Nikkei up just over 1%. European equities are up ~0.8%. Treasuries are […]
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February 17, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.2% following a week in which equities finished mostly higher Friday but closed lower overall. The Nasdaq fell more than 2% last week, marking its fifth straight weekly decline. The Mag 7 dropped over 3%, while banks were also pressured. AI-disruption concerns weighed on trucking, CRE brokers, wealth
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February 13, 2026 S&P futures -0.4% in Friday morning trading after Thursday’s 1.6% decline marked a third straight down day for the S&P 500. Software and Mag 7 names led the downside, while trucking/logistics, CRE brokers, private equity, and banks also came under pressure. Defensives outperformed, with Utilities and Consumer Staples both up over 1%.
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January 15, 2026 U.S. index futures are higher (S&P futures +0.3% | Nasdaq futures +0.7%) after Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq closed lower Wednesday, led down by big tech and banks. Breadth was better beneath the surface, with ~60% of S&P 500 constituents advancing and defensives outperforming. Overnight, Asia was mixed (Japan, Hong Kong, China
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January 5, 2026 S&P futures +0.3% in early Monday trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Friday but lower for the week. The S&P 500 ended 2025 with four consecutive daily declines, a pattern Goldman Sachs noted has occurred only twice since 1950. Friday’s bounce did little to reverse late-December momentum concerns. Overnight, Asian
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December 12, 2025 S&P futures are off 0.2% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 setting a new record despite continued tech weakness. Equal-weight S&P outperformed as financials, homebuilders, travel & leisure, and materials led gains, and the small-cap Russell 2000 remains the standout for the
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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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November 6, 2025 S&P futures +0.1% Thursday morning after U.S. equities rebounded Wednesday from the biggest one-day pullback since the Oct-10 U.S.–China trade flare-up. The recovery was broad, led by semiconductors, airlines, regional banks, hotels, casinos, and apparel retail, while small caps, retail favorites, and heavily shorted names also outperformed. Overseas, Asia rallied sharply (Tokyo,
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October 21, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in Tuesday morning trading after Monday’s broad rally that saw all major indexes gain over 1%. Big tech mostly higher yesterday with AAPL leading, while semis, regional banks, investment banks, private equity, industrial metals, and China tech also outperformed. Staples and utilities lagged. Asian markets were broadly higher
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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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