S&P 500 Futures Climb in Premarket Trading; Centene, Millicom Intl Cellular Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Centene Corp. (CNC) was up 7.1% in pre-market trading, and Millicom International Cellular S.A. (TIGO) was up 5.6%.

Molina Healthcare Inc. (MOH), Biogen Inc. (BIIB), and Life360 Inc. (LIF) were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, McCormick & Co. Inc. (MKC) and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RYTM) had posted declines, falling 5.4% and 2.8%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.34%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.06%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 6.03%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.23%, and gold futures were down 0.35%. slipped 1.77% to $85,912.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.052%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were up 0.98% and 1.08%, respectively. In Asia overnight, China’s Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.05%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.01% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.22% from the previous close.

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