S&P 500 Futures Steady in Premarket Trading; MP Materials, Delta Air Lines Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, MP Materials Corp. (MP) was up 42.2% in pre-market trading, and Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) was up 12.0%.

United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL), American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL), and Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, PTC Inc. (PTC) and Mobileye Global Inc. Cl A (MBLY) had posted declines, falling 3.9% and 3.9%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.05%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.12%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 4.13%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.48%, while gold futures were up 0.49%. slipped 0.50% to $111,181.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.349%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were up 0.61% and 0.49%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.44% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.48%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.53% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 1.14% from the previous close.

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