S&P 500 Futures Steady in Premarket Trading; Guardant Health, Metsera Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Guardant Health Inc. (GH) was up 26.2% in pre-market trading, and Metsera Inc. (MTSR) was up 19.3%.

Align Technology Inc. (ALGN), Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (ALGM), and Insmed Inc. (INSM) were all posting gains of at least 14%. In early trading, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (SFM) and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) had posted declines, falling 23.7% and 17.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.05%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.20%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.11%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.72%, while gold futures were down 0.44%. was down 0.66% to $109,913.

The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.091%.

In the previous regular trading session, the remained unchanged, while the was down 0.16%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.04% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index down 0.73%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.41% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.48% from the previous close.

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