S&P 500 Futures Decline in Premarket Trading; Lennox International, Hartford Insurance Group Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Lennox International Inc. (LII) was up 10.4% in pre-market trading, and Hartford Insurance Group Inc. (HIG) was up 5.0%.

VF Corp. (VFC), LKQ Corp. (LKQ), and Nordson Corp. (NDSN) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) and Black Hills Corp. (BKH) had posted declines, falling 9.6% and 7.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.13%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.38%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 1.52%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.64%, while gold futures were up 0.39%. Bitcoin climbed 0.98% to $83,574.

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The 10-Year Treasury yield dropped to 5.186%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.06%, while the Dow was up 0.38%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 1.82% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.10%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.38% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.65% from the previous close.

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