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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Western Digital Corp. $(WDC)$ was up 8.7% in pre-market trading, and Agilent Technologies Inc. $(A)$ was up 7.5%.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. $(SPCX)$, Seagate Technology Holdings PLC $(STX)$, and Cytokinetics Inc. (CYTK) were all posting gains of at least 7%. In early trading, Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. (ENLT) and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. $(HLT)$ had posted declines, falling 5.6% and 5.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.09%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.08%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 9.50%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 2.54%, while gold futures were up 0.20%. Bitcoin was down 0.20% to $66,415.
The 10-Year Treasury yield dropped to 4.445%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 1.65% and 0.92%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.13% and China's Shanghai Composite Index down 0.11%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.36% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.53% 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 June 16, 2026.
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June 16, 2026 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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