S&P 500 Futures Drop in Premarket Trading; AES, AST SpaceMobile Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, AES Corp. (AES) was up 14.0% in pre-market trading, and AST SpaceMobile Inc. (ASTS) was up 7.2%.

Corebridge Financial Inc. (CRBG), BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (BMNR), and Nike Inc. Cl B (NKE) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, RPM International Inc. (RPM) and Reddit Inc. (RDDT) had posted declines, falling 5.7% and 4.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.48%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.45%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.39%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.38%, while gold futures were up 1.00%. climbed 1.78% to $116,441.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.139%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were up 0.41% and 0.18%, respectively. In Asia overnight, Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index was down 0.85%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.65% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 0.66% from the previous close.

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