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S&P 500 Futures Fall in Premarket Trading; Fabrinet, Viking Holdings Lag

Aug 19, 2025 07:30:00 -0400 | #Markets #Morning Movers

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) was up 6.5% in pre-market trading, and Flex Ltd. (FLEX) was up 5.3%.

Intel Corp. (INTC), CyberArk Software Ltd. (CYBR), and Nexstar Media Group Inc. Cl A (NXST) were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Fabrinet (FN) and Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK) had posted declines, falling 8.4% and 4.9%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.09%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.01%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 2.71%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.13%, while gold futures were up 0.26%. was down 0.60% to $115,664.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.331%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were down 0.01% and 0.08%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.38% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.02%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.46% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.30% from the previous close.

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