Before Tuesday's open, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures are slightly higher, Dow futures are higher and Russell 2000 futures are little changed. Reporting today: Constellation Brands (after the close). Yesterday's session: Stocks closed higher yesterday. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Nasdaq-100 gained 0.9%, the Dow gained 0.2% and the Russell 2000 rose 0.7%. That leaves the S&P 500 up 0.7% this week and up 14.5% for the year. Beneath the index, 317 of 503 S&P 500 stocks rose and 186 fell. Materials (+1.3%) and communication services (+1.2%) led, while real estate (-0.3%) and industrials (+0.1%) lagged. Treasury yields rose - the 10-year Treasury yield is 5.3% (up 4 basis points), the VIX is at 15.3 (-1.1) and oil is $96.2 a barrel. Macro headlines centred on the Fed and bond yields.
Direction of the stock-index futures versus their last settlement, early this morning (words only).
| Market | Direction |
|---|---|
| S&P 500 futures | Slightly higher |
| Nasdaq-100 futures | Slightly higher |
| Dow futures | Higher |
| Russell 2000 futures | Little changed |
| Market | Move / level |
|---|---|
| S&P 500 | +0.7% |
| Nasdaq-100 | +0.9% |
| Dow | +0.2% |
| Russell 2000 | +0.7% |
| 10-yr | 5.3% |
| VIX | 15.3 |
| Oil | $96.2 |
| PTC Inc. (PTC) Benzinga: Schneider Electric To Acquire PTC For $205 Per Share In All-Cash Deal Valuing Equity At $22.6B, Funded By Equity And Debt… | +33.5% |
| Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) Benzinga: RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Illumina, Raises Price Target to $310 | +7.6% |
| Charles River Laboratories (CRL) no company-specific headline; its sector moved +1.8% (median) | +7.1% |
| C.H. Robinson (CHRW) Seeking Alpha: C.H. Robinson Worldwide strikes a $5.8B deal to acquire RXO (CHRW:NASDAQ) | -10.8% |
| Lennar (LEN) Barron's: Why Lennar Stock Just Suffered Its Worst Drop Since 2024 | -6.7% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) no company-specific headline; its sector moved -0.2% (median) | -4.7% |
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