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S&P 500 Futures Drop in Premarket Trading; Nordson, CoreWeave Lead

Aug 21, 2025 07:30:00 -0400 | #Markets #Morning Movers

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Nordson Corp. (NDSN) was up 6.1% in pre-market trading, and CoreWeave Inc. Cl A (CRWV) was up 3.3%.

NuScale Power Corp. (SMR), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), and SoundHound AI Inc. (SOUN) were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Alcon Inc. (ALC) and Air Lease Corp. (AL) had posted declines, falling 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.17%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.30%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.33%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.82%, and gold futures were down 0.48%. slipped 0.71% to $113,476.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.311%.

In the previous regular trading session, the was down 0.24%, while the was up 0.04%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.65% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.13%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.35% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.20% from the previous close.

U.S. stock markets open for trading at 9:30 a.m. ET. For regular updates on the trading day, visit Barron’s.

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