All three major benchmarks are significantly lower ahead of the open
An extended tech sector pullback is sending futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) down triple digits this morning. Meanwhile, futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) have the benchmark eyeing its fourth-straight drop, after Bitcoin (BTC) earlier fell below $90,000, albeit briefly. Nvidia (NVDA) remains a hot topic, with the equity lagging ahead of its third-quarter report, due out tomorrow.
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- Steel stock seeing support at these key levels.
- Plus, blue-chip’s post-earnings blunder; mining stock surging; and BofA’s latest downgrade.
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- The Cboe Options Exchange saw over 2.1 million call contracts and more than 1.6 million put contracts exchanged on Monday. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 0.76, while the 21-day moving average remained at 0.58.
- Shares of blue chip Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) is off 3.9% ahead of the open, after the home improvement chain announced a third-quarter earnings miss and slashed its full-year outlook. Should these losses hold, HD will be headed for a fifth-straight daily drop. HD is now off 8% in 2025.
- Barrick Mining Co (NYSE:B) stock is moving 4.1% higher before the bell, after the Financial Times reported that investor Elliot Management is building a sizable stake in the company. B is trading at 13-year highs, sporting an impressive 121.9% year-over-year gain.
- Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) stock is off 2.2% in electronic trading, after suffering a downgrade at BofA Securities to “underperform” from “buy,” and a price-target cut to $205 from $265. HON is headed for its fourth consecutive drop and is off 7.9% year to date.
- All eyes are on several Big Tech earnings reports this week.
Small-Cap Weakness Weighs on Kospi
Asian markets succumbed to tech pressures today. Japan’s Nikkei gapped 3.2% lower, while bond yields rise to their highest levels since 1999. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.7%. while China’s Shanghai Composite gave back 0.8%. The South Korean Kospi paced the region with a 3.3% drop amid small cap weakness.
Over in Europe, dreary AI sentiment is weighing. At last look, London’s FTSE 100 is off by 1.3%, while the French CAC 40 and German DAX are 1.4% and 1.5% lower, respectively.