S&P 500 Futures Climb in Premarket Trading; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Gartner Lag

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) was up 13.7% in pre-market trading, and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MDGL) was up 11.5%.

Axon Enterprise Inc. (AXON), Zoetis Inc. (ZTS), and Zebra Technologies Corp. Cl A (ZBRA) were all posting gains of at least 7%. In early trading, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) and Gartner Inc. (IT) had posted declines, falling 14.0% and 13.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.27%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.03%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 9.80%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.92%, and gold futures were down 0.59%. was up 0.08% to $114,841.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.222%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were up 1.47% and 1.34%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.64% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.96%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.44% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.49% from the previous close.

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