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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Akamai Technologies Inc. $(AKAM)$ was up 26.8% in pre-market trading, and JFrog Ltd. $(FROG)$ was up 14.4%.
IREN Ltd. (IREN), Construction Partners Inc. Cl A (ROAD), and Block Inc. $(XYZ)$ were all posting gains of at least 8%. In early trading, HubSpot Inc. (HUBS) and Cloudflare Inc. Cl A (NET) had posted declines, falling 22.5% and 16.7%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.47%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.30%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.26%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.58%, and gold futures were up 0.45%. Bitcoin was up 0.16% to $80,246.
The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.378%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.38% and 0.63%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.19% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.00%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.52% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.18% 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 May 08, 2026.
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