S&P futures are up 0.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Thursday, with the S&P 500 rising for a sixth straight session to another record high. Semis, software, most-shorted names, retail favorites, drones/defense, healthcare, retail/apparel, dollar stores, and industrial metals led the tape. Global markets are firmer, with South Korea up more than […]
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S&P futures are down 0.1% Thursday morning after U.S. equities finished narrowly mixed Wednesday, though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq still eked out fresh record highs. Momentum slipped after a five-day run, and money-center banks lagged, while Consumer Discretionary was the standout, with retail/apparel, restaurants, travel/tourism, and homebuilders outperforming. Global tone is softer, with Hong
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February 27, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.4% Friday morning, near session lows, following Thursday’s mixed close. Tech remained under pressure on semi/memory weakness, though software rallied, while banks, transports, retail, and precious metals miners outperformed. Asian markets were mixed (Hong Kong strong, South Korea weak), Europe little changed. Treasuries are firmer with front-end yields
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February 26, 2026 S&P futures are slightly lower after Wednesday’s rally, which marked the Nasdaq’s first back-to-back 1%+ gains since mid-December. Tech led again, with strength in Mag 7, software, and semis/memory. Banks drove a sharp rebound in financials, while other cyclicals and defensives lagged. Overnight, Asia was mostly higher with South Korea up over
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December 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.2% after U.S. equities opened December with a broad pullback on Monday, finishing near session lows. Weakness was concentrated in crypto-exposed names, retail favorites, high-short-interest stocks, and 12-month winners, while Energy led the tape. Asian trading was mixed overnight: South Korea outperformed on lower U.S. tariff rates, while
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September 12, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% in quiet Friday premarket after Thursday’s gains pushed the S&P and Nasdaq to fresh ATHs. Week shaping up for moderate index gains. European markets softer, Asia mixed. Treasuries steady to weaker at the short end after a big flattening move this week. Dollar +0.2%, gold +0.2%, Bitcoin +0.4%,
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September 11, 2025 S&P futures +0.1%. U.S. equities were mixed Wednesday with the S&P and Nasdaq closing at fresh record highs, though breadth was weak (nearly 60% of the S&P declined). Tech dominated focus: ORCL, NVDA, and AVGO rallied, while AAPL and AMZN slipped. Asia traded mixed overnight—Mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan gained on
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September 10, 2025 S&P futures flat after U.S. equities closed mostly higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 setting another record despite negative breadth and weakness in the equal-weight index. Big tech (NVDA, GOOGL, META) and AI names led, joined by managed care, China tech, energy, and retail favorites. Media, homebuilders, industrials, and apparel lagged. Asia
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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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July 14, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.3% in early Monday trading after a mostly lower week for U.S. equities. Defensive sectors such as consumer staples, money center banks, software, and managed care underperformed, while AI, energy, airlines, hotels, and homebuilders led. Momentum factor names continued to lag. Asian markets were mixed overnight, while Europe
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