S&P 500 Futures Rise in Premarket Trading; Confluent, AST SpaceMobile Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Confluent Inc. (CFLT) was up 17.9% in pre-market trading, and AST SpaceMobile Inc. (ASTS) was up 9.6%.

Rocket Lab Corp. (RKLB), QuantumScape Corp. Cl A (QS), and First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Joby Aviation Inc. (JOBY) and Archer Aviation Inc. (ACHR) had posted declines, falling 10.4% and 5.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.13%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.18%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.56%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.22%, and gold futures were up 1.30%. climbed 1.04% to $122,924.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.104%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were down 0.38% and 0.20%, respectively. In Asia overnight, Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index was down 0.45%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.66% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 0.84% from the previous close.

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