
U.S. Stock Futures Higher After Dow's New Record
U.S. stock futures are higher in premarket trading after a strong week on Wall Street that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average to record highs.
Tech is leading the gains after chip stocks took a hit on the first two days of July. Memory chip makers along with semiconductor equipment stocks dragged on tech as traders took profits and rotated into other sectors, including financials and healthcare last week.
Investor focus this week will be on the FOMC minutes on Wednesday afternoon along with ISM services data this morning.
Snapshot (as of 8 AM ET)
- Oil (/CL) – U.S. oil futures prices are down 0.47% to $68.36 per barrel
- Gold (/GC) – Gold futures are up 1% to 4,168.90
- Bitcoin (/BTC) – The cryptocurrency is up 0.86% to 62,185
- VIX – The CBOE Volatility Index is up 3.23% to 16.33
- U.S. Dollar ($DXY) – The dollar index is up 0.22% to 101.078
Biggest Premarket Movers (as of 8 AM ET)
Advancers:
- Western Digital (WDC) 5.06%
- SanDisk (SNDK) 4.91%
- KLA Corp. (KLAC) 4.51%
- Applied Materials (AMAT) 4.47%
- Lam Research (LRCX) 4.44%
Decliners:
- Datadog (DDOG) -3.79%
- Honeywell International (HON) -1.94%
- Constellation Brands (STZ) -1.59%
- Regions Financial (RF) -1.42%
- Moderna (MRNA) -1.42%
Economic Data (ET)
9:45 AM: PMI Composite - Final
10:00 AM: ISM Services Index
11:30 AM: 3 and 6-Month Bill Auctions
Notable Earnings
Premarket: n/a
Postmarket: n/a
Premarket Tuesday: n/a
Postmarket Tuesday: EPAC, PENG
Upgrades/Downgrades
- HSBC upgrades Gilead Sciences (GILD) from Hold to Buy
- Scotiabank upgrades Okta (OKTA) and SentinelOne (S) from Sector Perform to Outperform
- Goldman Sachs upgrades Murphy USA (MUSA) from Sell to Neutral
- Raymond James downgrades Delta Air Lines (DAL) from Strong Buy to Outperform, and JetBlue Airways (JBLU) from Market Perform to Underperform
- Bernstein downgrades Datadog (DDOG) from Outperform to Market Perform
- Baird downgrades Regions Financial (RF) from Neutral to Underperform; M&T Bank (MTB) and Citizens Financial Group (CFG) from Outperform to Neutral
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