S&P 500 Futures Drop in Premarket Trading; Trex Co, Pinterest Lag

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE) was up 15.9% in pre-market trading, and Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN) was up 10.2%.

IAMGOLD Corp. (IAG), Unity Software Inc. (U), and PTC Therapeutics Inc. (PTCT) were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, Trex Co. Inc. (TREX) and Pinterest Inc. (PINS) had posted declines, falling 33.7% and 17.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.15%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.02%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 3.66%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.23%, and gold futures were up 0.41%. rose 1.72% to $102,425.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.084%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were down 1.17% and 0.53%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 2.50% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.23%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.21% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.02% from the previous close.

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