S&P 500 Futures Rise in Premarket Trading; Stifel Financial, Ciena Lag

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd. (RGC) was up 3.6% in pre-market trading, and Parsons Corp. (PSN) was up 3.2%.

Merit Medical Systems Inc. (MMSI), Vertiv Holdings LLC (VRT), and Deutsche Bank AG (DB) were all posting gains of at least 2%. In early trading, Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) and Ciena Corp. (CIEN) had posted declines, falling 7.8% and 3.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.14%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.04%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.39%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.09%, while gold futures were down 0.20%. was up 0.85% to $108,971.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.417%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were down 0.79% and 0.94%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.26% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.70%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.09% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 0.15% from the previous close.

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