March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory […]
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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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November 3, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% following a strong October in which the S&P 500 rose for a sixth straight month and the Nasdaq for a seventh. Asian equities were higher overnight (South Korea +3% to a record), while Europe gained ~0.5%. Treasuries firmed slightly with front-end yields −2 bp. Dollar Index +0.1%, gold +0.3%,
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October 31, 2025 S&P futures up 0.7% in Friday morning trading after U.S. equities finished near session lows Thursday, weighed by META and weakness across QSRs, managed care, airlines, and ag chemicals. Retail favorites and most-shorted names also underperformed. Despite narrow breadth, stocks remain on track for a third straight weekly gain and a sixth
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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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August 18, 2025 S&P futures down 0.1% Monday following last week’s record highs but softer Friday close led by semis, banks, and machinery. Asia mostly higher with Shanghai Composite at its strongest since 2015 and Nikkei at a new record, while Europe trades lower. Treasuries firmer with yields down 2–3 bp, dollar index up 0.1%,
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August 8, 2025 S&P futures up 0.3% after U.S. equities finished mostly lower Thursday, unable to hold early gains. Healthcare, software, apparel, machinery, transports, and credit cards lagged, while big tech, semis, builders, materials, and food & beverage outperformed. Markets remain on track for solid weekly gains led by tech and consumer names. Asia trade
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May 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.3% after the index posted an eighth straight gain on Thursday, now up over 8.5% since early April and just 1% below pre-tariff announcement levels. Stocks are tracking for a second straight weekly gain, the first since January. Overnight, Asia traded mostly higher (led by Hong Kong and
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February 25, 2025 S&P futures are down 0.1% after U.S. equities finished mostly lower on Monday, with tech leading declines (-1%) and the Mag 7 hitting its lowest level since December. AI capex stocks, China ADRs, EVs, builders, machinery, rails, and trucking were among the weakest areas, while healthcare, insurance, and travel/leisure outperformed. Despite the
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S&P futures are down 2.4% Monday morning, with Nasdaq futures off 3.5%, following last week’s rally where the S&P hit a new ATH. Asian markets were mixed, with the Nikkei and Shenzhen Composite lagging, while Hong Kong outperformed. European markets are down ~1.5%. Treasuries rallied across the curve, the dollar index is down 0.1%, gold
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