S&P 500 Futures Decline in Premarket Trading; Vicor, MSCI Lead

With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Vicor Corp. (VICR) was up 7.5% in pre-market trading, and MSCI Inc. (MSCI) was up 6.5%.

Equifax Inc. (EFX), GRAIL Inc. (GRAL), and F.N.B. Corp. (FNB) were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) and Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) had posted declines, falling 7.1% and 5.4%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.15%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 2.46%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.52%, and gold futures were down 0.44%. Bitcoin fell 0.41% to $81,412.

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The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 5.135%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was up 0.41%, while the Dow was down 0.07%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 1.30% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.12%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.61% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.56% from the previous close.

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