Futures are higher with both tech and small caps outperforming as Trump points to a deal/advanded discussions with Iran (which Iran is naturally denying), which is helping push energy prices and bond yields lower as the USD depreciates. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.5% while Nasdaq futures rise 0.4% led by Mag 7 stocks higher with Semis lagging. Energy is lower with the remaining sectors seeing a bid pre-mkt as the lower oil / bond yields are creating what JPM hopes will be an ‘Everything Rally’. Though the Kospi against tumbled overnight, EWY is +1% pre-market. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plunged nearly 9% each, while TSMC fell more than 2%, following their record surge on Friday. The yen rallied sharply before paring most of the gain amid speculation that authorities may have intervened to prop up the currency again after coordinated action between the US and Japan last week. Bloomberg’s gauge of the dollar fell 0.1%. WTI is under $80/bbl dragging the Energy complex lower as we see this move boosting both Base and Precious Metals with Ags lower. Today’s macro data focus is opn the final July reading of S&P Global manufacturing PMI due at 9:45 a.m. ET, followed by ISM manufacturing for July and construction spending for June at 10 a.m. Omdia total vehicle sales are due through the day.
In premarket trading, Mag 7 stocks are mostly higher: Amazon (AMZN) rises 1.6% as the e-commerce and cloud-computing company is set to extend gains after reporting cloud revenue acceleration for a fifth straight quarter (Alphabet +1.7%, Microsoft +1.8%, Meta +1.6%, Tesla +0.6%, Apple +0.6%, Nvidia -0.3%)
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