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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Rogers Communications Inc. Cl B $(RCI)$ was up 4.6% in pre-market trading, and LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Cl A $(LYB)$ was up 4.4%.
Kodiak Gas Services Inc. (KGS), Westlake Corp. $(WLK)$, and SM Energy Co. (SM) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Sandisk Corp. $(SNDK)$ and BlackBerry Ltd. $(BB)$ had posted declines, falling 6.3% and 5.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.86%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.08%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.03%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 5.61%, while gold futures were down 2.30%. Bitcoin slipped 2.71% to $62,031.
The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.574%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.45% and 0.25%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 2.11% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.49%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 1.59% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 1.38% 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 July 08, 2026.
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