U.S. stock futures are slightly higher in premarket trading after U.S. equities posted a strong start to the new trading month.

Tech is leading today after over 10% gains in Palantir (PLTR) post-earnings on strong 4Q financial results and upbeat guidance. The moves come after a solid start to February with a broad-based rally on Monday.

Focus will be on more earnings today with results due from PepsiCo (PEP), PayPal (PYPL), and Merck (MRK) this morning and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Chipotle (CMG) after the closing bell.

Investors will also look for any progress on the partial government shutdown today, which has delayed some jobs data this week.

Snapshot (as of 7 AM ET)

• Oil (/CL) – Oil ⁠prices are up 0.4% near $62.50 a barrel as market participants weighed the possibility of a de-escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, ‍while a firmer dollar placed ‍greater downside pressure on ‍prices.
• Gold (/GC) – Gold and silver prices rebounded on Tuesday after suffering a historic sell-off, pulling global stocks and funds linked to the metals higher. Gold is up over 6% near $4950 while Silver Futures (/SI) are jumping over 12% near $87.
• Bitcoin (/BTC) – The Crypto Future is up 0.3% off of yesterday’s 10-month lows and is near 78,500 in premarket trading.
• VIX – The CBOE Volatility Index was down 6.3% on Monday and settled at 16.34 as stocks rose.
• U.S. Dollar (/DX) – The dollar is basically flat at 97.4. 

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

1. Teradyne (TER): +19.42%
2. DaVita (DVA): +11.52%
3. Palantir (PLTR): +11.09%
4. AES Corp. (AES): +7.40%
5. Albemarle (ALB): +5.20%

1. PayPal (PYPL): -15.34%
2. Gartner (IT): -7.61%
3. Eaton (ETN): -6.52%
4. NXP Semiconductors (NXPI): -4.47%
5. Archers-Daniels Midland (ADM): -4.16%

Economic Data

• 8:00 AM ET: Fed’s Barkin Speaks

Notable Earnings

• Premarket: ADM, ATI, BALL, CPRI, ETN, FUBO, GLXY, IT, GPK, HUBB, ITW, MPC, MRK, PYPL, PNR, PEP, PFE, TDG, WTW
• Postmarket: AMD, DOX, AMGN, ATO, BV, CMG, CB, CRUS, CLX, EA, EMR, ENPH, HRB, J, LUMN, LITE, MTCH, MDLZ, PRU, SWKS, SU, SONO, SMCI, TTWO
• Premarket Tomorrow: ABBV, ADNT, AVY, BSX, BAM, BG, CDW, CME, CTSH, LLY, EFX, FTV, FOXA, GEHC, JCI, LEA, NYT, NVO, PSX, REYN, SWK, UBER, UBS, YUM
• Postmarket Tomorrow: AFL, ALGN, ALGT, ALL, GOOGL, ARM, EQH, BOOT, COHR, CCI, CCK, ELF, FMC, GL, MCK, MET, MC, NOV, ORLY, PTEN, QGEN, QCOM, SNAP, SNEX, WEX, WOLF

Upgrades/Downgrades

• Baird upgrades Palantir (PLTR) to Outperform from Neutral
• Daiwa upgrades MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V) to Outperform from Neutral
• Baird upgrades JPMorgan Chase (JPM) to Neutral from Underperform
• Piper Sandler downgrades Adobe (ADBE) to Neutral from Overweight
• BNP Paribas downgrades Exxon Mobil (XOM) to Underperform from Neutral
• DZ Bank downgrades Lockheed Martin (LMT) to Hold from Buy

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