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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S&P futures are up 0.6% Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s risk-on session, when the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 both gained more than 1%. Momentum leadership was the key story, with semis and memory outperforming alongside high-beta, retail-favorite, and most-shorted names. Global equities are stronger, with Hong Kong and China both up more than 1% and Europe
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S&P futures are down 0.1% Monday morning after another strong week for equities, with the S&P and Nasdaq each posting a fourth straight weekly gain and closing at fresh record highs, while the Russell 2000 logged a fifth straight weekly advance. The recent move has continued to be helped by semiconductor strength, with the SOX
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S&P futures are little changed Friday morning after Thursday’s mostly lower session. The market remains caught between a desire to move past the Iran conflict and growing concern that Strait of Hormuz tensions and rising oil may still pose a supply-shock risk. Crude is up again, marking a fifth straight gain, while Treasuries are roughly
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April 2, 2026 S&P500 Futures are down 1.1% after Trump’s evening address on Iran failed to provide any timeline for ending the conflict, reiterated threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, and again framed the Strait of Hormuz as other countries’ responsibility to manage. The speech unwound much of the offramp optimism that fueled Tuesday and
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March 23, 2026 S&P futures up 1.6% Monday morning, reversing earlier losses as risk sentiment improves following last week’s four-week equity decline. Treasuries also rebounding after an early selloff pushed 2Y yields to ~4%; front-end yields now down ~2 bp. Dollar weaker, gold (-3.4%) and silver (-1.8%) lower, while Bitcoin +1.2%. Crude sharply down (WTI
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March 20, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.7% Friday morning after Thursday’s modest decline. Recent weakness has been led by big tech, A&D, homebuilders, chemicals, metals, and rails. Asia was mostly lower (Greater China lagging), while Europe is higher (~+0.7%). Treasuries are under pressure (front-end yields +~5 bp), the dollar is slightly firmer, while gold
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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 5, 2026 S&P 500 futures +0.2% Thursday morning after a mixed U.S. session on Wednesday. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 closed lower, but the equal-weight S&P rose nearly 0.9% to a fresh record, underscoring continued broadening. Semiconductors were the main drag, while software fell for a seventh straight session. Select cyclicals 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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