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Futures Highlights

Futures are showing mixed moves as energy markets lead with gains while major indices and other sectors dip slightly. Energy commodities such as Crude Oil and Natural Gas are in the green, contrasting with softer performance in equity futures.

• 🟢 Crude Oil: 72.55 (+0.72 | +1.00%)

• 🟢 Natural Gas: 4.1910 (+0.1840 | +4.59%)

• 🟢 Gold: 2957.90 (+8.90 | +0.30%)

• 🔴 Dow: 44521.00 (-122.00 | -0.27%)

• 🔴 S&P 500: 6133.25 (-13.50 | -0.22%)

• 🔴 Nasdaq 100: 22191.50 (-40.75 | -0.18%)

• 🔴 Russell 2000: 2281.70 (-15.80 | -0.69%)

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Forex & Bonds Highlights

In the Forex and Bonds arena, major currency pairs are trading slightly lower, while Bitcoin and Treasuries show modest gains—indicating cautious optimism in fixed income and crypto markets.

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0434 (-0.0011 | -0.11%)

• 🔴 USD/JPY: 151.75 (-0.31 | -0.20%)

• 🔴 GBP/USD: 1.2594 (-0.0018 | -0.15%)

• 🟢 BTC/USD: 96297.60 (+1131.10 | +1.19%)

• 🟢 5-Year Treasury: 4.409 (+0.016 | +0.36%)

• 🟢 10-Year Treasury: 4.572 (+0.028 | +0.62%)

• 🟢 30-Year Treasury: 4.794 (+0.032 | +0.67%)

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Major News Highlights

Stock moves are all over the map today—from SMCI’s blockbuster gain to significant losses in BMBL and META. Here are the major stocks sorted from biggest winners to biggest losers.

• 🟢 SMCI: +16.47%

• 🟢 PLTR: +4.58%

• 🟢 HSBC: +3.25%

• 🟢 ADI: +2.61%

• 🟢 WIX: +1.82%

• 🟢 PHG: +0.43%

• 🟢 NVDA: +0.40%

• 🟢 BLK: +0.40%

• 🟢 ETSY: +0.16%

• ⚪ AAPL: -0.05%

• 🔴 WMT: -0.25%

• 🔴 TSLA: -0.49%

• 🔴 AMZN: -0.89%

• 🔴 FVRR: -0.90%

• 🔴 META: -2.76%

• 🔴 BMBL: -4.26%

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Below is an overview of the key non–price–driving events scheduled for today—Wednesday, February 19, 2025—that could shape investor sentiment and influence the US stock market both directly and indirectly: