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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Planet Labs PBC $(PL)$ was up 15.9% in pre-market trading, and FedEx Corp. $(FDX)$ was up 8.1%.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RYTM), Super Group (SGHC) Ltd. (SGHC), and Dell Technologies Inc. Cl C $(DELL)$ were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Super Micro Computer Inc. $(SMCI)$ and Royalty Pharma PLC $(RPRX)$ had posted declines, falling 26.5% and 6.7%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.36%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.27%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 4.22%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.60%, while gold futures were up 1.39%. Bitcoin was up 0.63% to $70,704.
The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.301%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.27% and 0.44%, respectively. In Asia overnight, China's Shanghai Composite Index was down 1.24%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.14% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.01% 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 March 20, 2026.
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