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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, United States Steel Corp. $(X)$ was up 3.5% in pre-market trading, and Royalty Pharma PLC $(RPRX)$ was up 2.9%.
VF Corp. $(VFC)$, Heico Corp. Cl A $(HEI.A)$, and Roivant Sciences Ltd. (ROIV) were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Manhattan Associates Inc. $(MANH)$ and Casella Waste Systems Inc. Cl A (CWST) had posted declines, falling 4.4% and 3.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.15%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.12%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 13.07%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.23%, and gold futures were up 0.43%. Bitcoin climbed 0.00% to $59,994.
The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 3.672%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was up 0.03%, while the Dow was down 0.04%. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.49% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.49%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.44% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.61% from the previous close.
U.S. stock markets open for trading at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 18, 2024.
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