S&P 500 Futures Rise in Premarket Trading; Comfort Systems USA, Deckers Outdoor Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Comfort Systems USA Inc. (FIX) was up 14.6% in pre-market trading, and Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK) was up 12.7%.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW), U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM), and HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA) were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, Centene Corp. (CNC) and Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) had posted declines, falling 13.1% and 10.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.10%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.56%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.29%, while gold futures were down 0.87%. was down 1.93% to $116,728.

The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.415%.

In the previous regular trading session, the was up 0.07%, while the was down 0.70%. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.88% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.33%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.43% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.35% from the previous close.

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