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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, AST SpaceMobile Inc. $(ASTS)$ was up 6.8% in pre-market trading, and Sandisk Corp. $(SNDK)$ was up 5.3%.
Micron Technology Inc. $(MU)$, Anbio Biotechnology (NNNN), and Seagate Technology Holdings PLC $(STX)$ were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, QXO Inc. (QXO) and Mosaic Co. $(MOS)$ had posted declines, falling 8.0% and 6.5%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.19%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.03%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 2.98%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.47%, and gold futures were down 0.18%. Bitcoin climbed 0.32% to $95,499.
The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.188%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 0.26% and 0.60%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.32% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.26%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.14% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.01% 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 January 16, 2026.
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January 16, 2026 07:31 ET (12:31 GMT)
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