S&P 500 Futures Rise in Premarket Trading; Ares Management, Core & Main Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Ares Management Corp. (ARES) was up 8.0% in pre-market trading, and Core & Main Inc. (CNM) was up 6.9%.

Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT), CVS Health Corp. (CVS), and Karman Holdings Inc. (KRMN) were all posting gains of at least 2%. In early trading, SLM Corp. (SLM) and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. (OLLI) had posted declines, falling 6.2% and 5.7%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.05%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.05%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 1.45%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.37%, and gold futures were up 0.25%. fell 0.21% to $90,619.

The 10-Year Treasury yield held steady at 4.167%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were down 0.35% and 0.45%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.14% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index down 0.37%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.09% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.11% from the previous close.

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