S&P 500 Futures Decline in Premarket Trading; James Hardie Industries, Alcon Lag

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) was up 3.7% in pre-market trading, and Lowe’s Cos. (LOW) was up 3.1%.

Dayforce Inc. (DAY), Upstart Holdings Inc. (UPST), and Array Digital Infrastructure Inc. (AD) were all posting gains of at least 2%. In early trading, James Hardie Industries PLC (JHX) and Alcon Inc. (ALC) had posted declines, falling 26.7% and 11.7%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.08%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.10%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 1.95%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.09%, and gold futures were up 0.42%. climbed 0.33% to $113,485.

The 10-Year Treasury yield dropped to 4.305%.

In the previous regular trading session, the was down 0.59%, while the was up 0.02%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 1.51% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 1.04%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.17% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.28% from the previous close.

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