S&P 500 Futures Climb in Premarket Trading; Block, Heico Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Block Inc. (XYZ) was up 9.1% in pre-market trading, and Heico Corp. Cl A (HEI.A) was up 8.6%.

Galaxy Digital Inc. (GLXY), SentinelOne Inc. (S), and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Cl A (BIO) were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, Webull Corp. Cl A (BULL) and QuantumScape Corp. Cl A (QS) had posted declines, falling 7.4% and 5.1%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.22%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.22%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 1.14%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.16%, while gold futures were up 0.57%. rose 0.43% to $118,757.

The 10-Year Treasury yield dropped to 4.375%.

In the previous regular trading session, the remained unchanged, while the was down 0.32%. In Asia overnight, China’s Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.72%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.07% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.07% from the previous close.

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