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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, United Airlines Holdings Inc. $(UAL)$ was up 12.3% in pre-market trading, and American Airlines Group Inc. $(AAL)$ was up 12.0%.
Levi Strauss & Co. Cl A $(LEVI)$, AngloGold Ashanti PLC (AU), and Applied Digital Corp. (APLD) were all posting gains of at least 11%. In early trading, Venture Global Inc. $(VG)$ and CF Industries Holdings Inc. $(CF)$ had posted declines, falling 11.0% and 9.2%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 2.66%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.60%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 3.37%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 14.01%, and gold futures were up 2.71%. Bitcoin rose 3.76% to $71,611.
The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.240%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was up 0.08%, while the Dow was down 0.18%. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 5.39% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 2.69%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 4.11% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 2.95% 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 April 08, 2026.
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April 08, 2026 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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