S&P 500 Futures Up in Premarket Trading; Bloom Energy, Hewlett Packard Ent Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) was up 12.8% in pre-market trading, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) was up 10.3%.

Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR), First Solar Inc. (FSLR), and Aptargroup Inc. (ATR) were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, Nextracker Inc. (NXT) and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) had posted declines, falling 9.1% and 5.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.45%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.56%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.53%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.28%, while gold futures were up 0.05%. rose 0.43% to $107,904.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.257%.

In the previous regular trading session, the and the were up 0.52% and 1.00%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.84% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.59%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.10% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.07% from the previous close.

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