00:00U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and NASDAQ 100 indices advanced
00:07following Tuesday's lower close. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant urged the U.S. and China to de-risk,
00:14not to decouple their economic relationship, while Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng called for
00:19respecting bilateral red lines ahead of an expected Trump-Xi meeting next week during
00:24the IPEC summit in Shenzhen, China. Reuters reported that Iran's top security official
00:29Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran is not negotiating with Washington and disputed claims of continuing
00:36talks and a possible meeting in Qatar after Trump met Qatar's prime minister, and Reuters reported
00:41Trump would suspend fresh strikes while maintaining the U.S. naval blockade. Meanwhile, the 10-year
00:47Treasury bond yielded 4.99 percent, and the two-year Treasury bond yielded 4.74 percent at the last check.
00:55The CME Group's FedWatch tool projections show markets pricing in a 100 percent likelihood of
01:01the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates after its December meeting, with odds for a 25 basis point
01:07hike at 86.2 percent. The SPYder S&P 500 ETF Trust, the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF, and the SPYder
01:16Dow Jones
01:17Industrial Average ETF Trust were higher in pre-market trading on Wednesday. The SPY was up 0.69 percent at
01:25$755.13,
01:28the QQQ advanced 1.57 percent to $685.35, and the DIA rose 0.10 percent to $522.25.
01:40Stocks in focus for today are Alcon was 5.16 percent lower in pre-market on Wednesday after it reported
01:49third quarter 2026 EPS of 91 cents on revenue of $2.72 billion, a mixed result versus estimates,
01:58after the closing bell on Tuesday. CoreWeave was 13.39 percent higher in pre-market Wednesday
02:04after it reported a third quarter 2026 loss of 95 cents per share on revenue of $3.66 billion,
02:13beating estimates, after the closing bell on Tuesday. Telefonica Brazil is in focus after it
02:19reported third quarter 2026 EPS of 30 cents on revenue of $3.12 billion, beating estimates,
02:27after the closing bell on Tuesday. Regetti Computing was 3.58 percent lower in pre-market Wednesday
02:34after it reported a third quarter 2026 earnings loss of 6 cents per share on revenue of $1.41 million,
02:42missing estimates, after the closing bell on Tuesday. Franco Nevada was 3.57 percent higher in
02:49pre-market on Wednesday as analysts expect third quarter 2026 EPS of $2.03 and revenue of $623.18
02:59million after the closing bell. Thank you for watching and make sure to subscribe.
