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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Home BancShares Inc. (HOMB) was up 6.7% in pre-market trading, and FedEx Corp. $(FDX)$ was up 5.6%.
Eli Lilly & Co. $(LLY)$, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. $(ZWS)$, and Hess Midstream LP Cl A $(HESM)$ were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Nike Inc. Cl B $(NKE)$ and Paramount Global Cl A $(PARAA)$ had posted declines, falling 7.2% and 6.8%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 1.04%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.62%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 6.45%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.85%, and gold futures were up 0.42%. Bitcoin fell 2.84% to $93,539.
The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.536%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.09%, while the Dow was up 0.04%. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.29% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.06%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 1.89% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.93% 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 December 20, 2024.
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