
Bessent Speaks & Big Bank Earnings Continue
PUBLISHED | 2 min read
Thomas White
Co-HostU.S. stock futures are moving higher in premarket trading following a volatile session, as traders digested the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade war and awaited new earnings reports from major companies.
Tuesday’s session was choppy with the major indices down over 1% at their lows before staging a rebound to finish mixed. Investor focus will be on earnings from ASML (ASML), Bank of America (BAC) and Morgan Stanley (MS) this morning along with Fedspeak.
Snapshot (as of 7 AM ET)
- Oil (/CL) – Oil prices are slightly higher near $58.70 a barrel as the International Energy Agency warned of a huge supply glut in 2026, and as trade tensions persisted between the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest economies. Crude is down nearly 6% this month and is near 5-month lows.
- Gold (/GC) – Gold Futures are up 1.2% near $4210 and notched a fresh record high overnight, lifted by expectations of a rate cut this month by the U.S. Federal Reserve and a flight to safety after a flare-up in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. A weakening Dollar is also lending support to Gold. Silver Futures (/SI) are also up over 1.5% at $51.50 and are just below yesterday’s record high.
- Bitcoin (/BTC) – The Crypto Future is down over 0.5% near 112,400 in premarket trading. Bitcoin is down 11% from last week’s all-time high.
- VIX – The CBOE Volatility Index was up 9% on Tuesday and settled at 20.81 as stocks finished the volatile session mixed. The VIX is down 6% ahead of the Wall Street open as stocks are higher.
- U.S. Dollar (/DX) – The dollar is 0.2% lower to 98.6.
Biggest Premarket Movers (Mark % Change as of 7 AM ET)
- Dollar Tree (DLTR): +8.81%
- Bank of America (BAC): +4.81%
- Bunge Global (BG): +4.66%
- Abbott Labs (ABT): -3.20%
- PNC Financial (PNC): -1.83%
- Synchrony Financial (SYF): -1.29%
Economic Data
- 7:00 AM ET: MBA Mortgage Applications
- 8:15 AM ET: Treasury Secretary Bessent Speaks
- 8:30 AM ET: Empire State Mfg. Index
- 9:30 AM ET: Fed’s Miran Speaks
- 12:10 PM ET: Fed’s Bostic Speaks
- 12:30 PM ET: Fed’s Miran Speaks
- 1:00 PM ET: Fed’s Waller Speaks
- 1:35 PM ET: Fed’s Schmid Speaks
- 2:00 PM ET: Beige Book
Notable Earnings
- Premarket: ABT, ASML, BAC, CFG, FHN, MS, PNC, PGR, PLD, SYF
- Postmarket: JBHT, SLG, SNV, UAL
- Premarket Tomorrow: BK, SCHW, CMC, INFY, KEY, MTB, MAN, MMC, SNA, TSM, TRV, USB, WIT
- Postmarket Tomorrow: OZK, CSX, FNB, IBKR, LBRT
Upgrades/Downgrades
- HSBC upgrades Nvidia (NVDA) to Buy from Hold
- Citi upgrades Logitech (LOGI) to Buy from Neutral
- BMO Capital upgrades Sunrun (RUN) to Market Perform from Underperform
- Rothschild & Co. Redburn downgrades GE Vernova (GEV) to Sell from Neutral
- JPMorgan downgrades Fortive (FTV) to Neutral from Overweight
- JPMorgan downgrades Roper Technologies (ROP) to Underweight from Neutral
