
DAL, PEP Reports Preview Earnings Season
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Thomas White
Co-HostU.S. stock futures are relatively flat in premarket trading after the benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index rose to all-time highs in the previous session. Investors will monitor morning remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at a community bank conference, as well as speeches from other Fed officials.
Snapshot (as of 7 AM ET)
- Oil (/CL) – Oil prices are down 0.4% near $62.30 a barrel after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza, weighing on oil’s war risk premium and pushing investors to sell.
- Gold (/GC) – Gold prices are down 0.3% but held above the $4,000 level on Thursday, as investors assessed the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, while broader geopolitical and economic uncertainty alongside expectations for U.S. rate cuts sustained bullish sentiment for the metal.
- Bitcoin (/BTC) – The Crypto Future is down 0.5% near 123,000 in premarket trading after hitting all-time highs on Monday.
- VIX – The CBOE Volatility Index was down 5.5% on Wednesday and settled at 16.27 as stocks rallied to record highs.
- U.S. Dollar (/DX) – The dollar is flat at 98.7.
Biggest Premarket Movers (Mark % Change as of 7 AM ET)
- Delta Airlines (DAL): +6.18%
- United Airlines (UAL): +5.06%
- Albemarle (ALB): +3.06%
- Tesla (TSLA): -1.13%
- PulteGroup (PHM): -1.10%
- Micron (MU): -0.81%
Economic Data
- 8:30AM ET: Fed’s Powell Speaks
- 8:35AM ET: Fed’s Bowman Speaks
- 10:30AM ET: Natural Gas Inventories
- 12:45PM ET: Fed’s Barr Speaks
- 1:00PM ET: 30-Year Bond Auction
- 3:45PM ET: Fed’s Bowman Speaks
Notable Earnings
- Premarket: DAL, HELE, PEP, TLRY
- Postmarket: APOG, LEVI
- Premarket Tomorrow: None
- Postmarket Tomorrow: None
Upgrades/Downgrades
- Berenberg upgrades DraftKings (DKNG) to Buy from Hold
- MoffettNathanson upgrades Roblox (RBLX) to Neutral from Sell
- Piper Sandler upgrades PNC Financial (PNC) to Overweight from Neutral
- HSBC downgrades Bloom Energy (BE) to Hold from Buy
