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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Qualcomm Inc. $(QCOM)$ was up 13.5% in pre-market trading, and ICL Group Ltd. $(ICL)$ was up 8.2%.
Heico Corp. Cl A $(HEI.A)$, MaxLinear Inc. (MXL), and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. $(CLF)$ were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, Regal Rexnord Corp. (RRX) and Stanley Black & Decker Inc. $(SWK)$ had posted declines, falling 19.0% and 5.0%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.01%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.12%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were unchanged.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.05%, while gold futures were down 0.46%. Bitcoin fell 0.52% to $77,849.
The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.312%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was up 0.80%, while the Dow was down 0.16%. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 1.38% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.16%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.41% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.17% 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 27, 2026.
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April 27, 2026 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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