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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March 12, 2026 S&P futures are down 0.3% Thursday morning, though off earlier lows, after a choppy and mostly weaker session Wednesday where gains in mega-cap tech helped cushion broader declines. Global markets are softer. Asian equities fell overnight, and European markets are broadly lower. In rates, Treasuries are mixed with long-end yields up ~1
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February 24, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.2% after Monday’s broad selloff, with all major indexes down over 1%. Software, banks, and the Mag 7 led the decline, while defensives (staples, healthcare, utilities) and precious metals held up better. Overnight, Asia was mixed with gains in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China, while Hong Kong
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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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January 2, 2026 S&P futures +0.6% in premarket trading, following Wednesday’s decline that left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down for a fourth straight session, though both still finished 2025 with double-digit annual gains. Recent pressure has been concentrated in most-shorted names, retail-investor favorites, and Big Tech. Overnight, Asian markets traded higher (Japan and mainland
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November 5, 2025 S&P futures -0.4% in Wednesday morning trading after Tuesday’s sharp selloff, the largest one-day decline since October 10. Pressure remained centered in Big Tech, unprofitable tech, retail favorites, most-shorted names, crypto, and cruise lines. Overseas markets are mostly weaker: South Korea -3%, Japan -2.5%, and Europe -0.7%. Treasuries were steady across the
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October 24, 2025 S&P futures +0.3% in Friday morning trading following Thursday’s broad rally, which saw gains across big tech, energy, quantum computing, semis, industrials, and retail-favorite trades. All major U.S. equity indexes remain on track for 1%+ weekly gains. Asia mostly higher overnight (Japan, South Korea strong); Europe down ~0.2%. Treasuries slightly weaker (yields
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September 30, 2025 S&P futures down 0.2% Tuesday after U.S. equities gained Monday, led by crypto, biotech, China ADRs, Mag 7, rails, IBs, builders, and airlines, while energy, cruise lines, regional banks, and apparel lagged. Asia mostly higher overnight with Taiwan a standout; Europe narrowly mixed. Treasuries firmer with curve steepening; dollar off 0.1%, gold
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September 18, 2025 S&P futures +0.8% Thursday morning, led by big tech. Follows Wednesday’s mixed close with choppy post-FOMC trade; small caps outperformed while growth/momentum lagged, with NVDA a drag. Asia mixed (Korea, Taiwan, Japan strong; China/HK weak), Europe up ~1%. Treasuries firmer (yields -2 bp), dollar flat, gold -0.3%, Bitcoin +1.5%, WTI crude -0.4%.
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June 25, 2025 S&P futures are flat Wednesday morning, following Tuesday’s broad rally that pushed all major indexes up over 1%. The S&P 500 is now less than 1% from its mid-February record, while the Nasdaq 100 hit a new all-time high. Outperformers included crowded shorts, semis, cyclicals, cruise lines, banks, builders, and China ADRs.
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