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NVDA OpenAI Investment, MU Earnings, Powell Speaks

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Thomas White

Thomas White

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U.S. stock futures are relatively flat in premarket trading after settling at more record highs. The benchmark S&P 500 (SPX), Nasdaq-100 (NDX) and Dow Index ($DJI) are at all-time highs.

Stocks were initially weak on Monday before turning positive after Nvidia (NVDA) shares jumped nearly 4% higher on the back of an announcement from the chipmaker that it will invest $100 billion in OpenAI for the buildout of data centers.

Investors will watch PMI data today along with more Fedspeak, including comments from Fed Chair Powell this afternoon at a conference in Rhode Island. 

Snapshot (as of 7 AM ET)

  • Oil (/CL) – Oil prices are up 1.1% at $63 a barrel even as investors weighed the global supply outlook after Iraq and Kurdish regional governments reached a preliminary agreement to restart an oil pipeline.
  • Gold (/GC) – Gold futures are up 1% near $3815, another fresh record high, bolstered by increased expectations of further U.S. rate cuts, as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech later in the day for further policy cues.
  • Bitcoin (/BTC) – The Crypto Future is up 0.8% near 113,000 in premarket trading.
  • VIX – The CBOE Volatility Index was up 4.2% on Monday and settled at 16.10 despite a rise in stocks to more record highs.
  • U.S. Dollar (/DX) – The dollar is flat at just below 97.

Biggest Premarket Movers (Mark % Change as of 7 AM ET)

  1. Kenvue (KVUE): +4.60%
  2. Boeing (BA): +2.32%
  3. Palantir (PLTR): +1.41%


  1. AutoZone (AZO): -2.09%
  2. Vistra (VST): -2.03%
  3. Regeneron (REGN): -1.79%

Economic Data

  • 9:00AM ET: Fed’s Bowman Speaks
  • 9:45AM ET: PMI Composite
  • 9:50AM ET: Trump Addresses U.N.
  • 10:00AM ET: Fed’s Bostic Speaks, Richmond Fed Mfg. Index
  • 12:35PM ET: Fed’s Powell Speaks
  • 1:00PM ET: 2-Year Note Auction

Notable Earnings

  • Premarket: AZO
  • Postmarket: AIR, MU, MLKN, WOR
  • Premarket Tomorrow: CTAS, THO, UEC
  • Postmarket Tomorrow: FUL, KBH, SCS, SFIX, WS

Upgrades/Downgrades

  • Guggenheim upgrades Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to Buy from Neutral
  • Wells Fargo upgrades CoreWeave (CRWV) to Overweight from Equal Weight
  • Bernstein upgrades United Rentals (URI) to Outperform from Market Perform
  • Jefferies downgrades Vistra (VST) to Hold from Buy
  • KeyBanc downgrades Lam Research (LRCX) to Sector Weight from Overweight
  • Baird downgrades Lululemon (LULU) to Neutral from Outperform
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