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Futures Highlights

Today’s futures showed a mixed picture with energy commodities underperforming while major equity indices posted modest gains. Overall, investors appear cautiously optimistic as benchmark indices edge higher despite some commodity losses.

• 🔴 Crude Oil: 69.95 (–0.40 | –0.57%)

• 🔴 Natural Gas: 3.8190 (–0.1150 | –2.92%)

• 🔴 Gold: 2867.30 (–28.60 | –0.99%)

• 🟢 Dow: 43842.00 (+545.00 | +1.26%)

• 🟢 S&P 500: 5958.00 (+81.75 | +1.39%)

• 🟢 Nasdaq 100: 20909.00 (+303.25 | +1.47%)

• 🟢 Russell 2000: 2163.80 (+19.30 | +0.90%)

Forex & Bonds Overview

The Forex and Bonds market experienced slight declines on the major currency pairs and U.S. treasury yields. Investors are showing some caution, especially with the notable drop in BTC and treasury yields.

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0374 (–0.0024 | –0.23%)

• 🟢 USD/JPY: 150.61 (+0.81 | +0.54%)

• 🔴 GBP/USD: 1.2576 (–0.0024 | –0.19%)

• 🔴 BTC/USD: 84808.00 (–1316.30 | –1.53%)

• 🔴 5-Year Treasury: 4.028 (–0.075 | –1.83%)

• 🔴 10-Year Treasury: 4.231 (–0.054 | –1.26%)

• 🔴 30-Year Treasury: 4.516 (–0.038 | –0.83%)

Major News Stocks Performance

Today’s stock performance highlights significant winners and laggards. Tech giants like NVDA and TSLA led the gains while several companies posted steep losses, illustrating a polarized market sentiment.

• 🟢 NVDA: +3.97%

• 🟢 TSLA: +3.91%

• 🟢 INTC: +2.77%

• 🟢 META: +1.51%

• 🟢 C: +1.37%

• 🟢 GOOG: +1.18%

• 🟢 MSFT: +1.14%

• 🟢 GOOGL: +1.06%

• 🟢 AVGO: +0.82%

• 🟢 PLTR: +0.18%

• 🔴 BABA: –2.96%

• 🔴 SMCI: –3.47%

• 🔴 DELL: –4.70%

• 🔴 FUBO: –13.92%

• 🔴 NTAP: –15.57%

• 🔴 DUOL: –16.95%

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Today:

Below is a comprehensive overview of events and developments affecting the US stock market today—Saturday, March 1, 2025—even though the regular trading session is closed. While no major earnings or government economic releases are scheduled for a weekend, several key policy and market-related themes are in play that could have both direct and indirect impacts when trading resumes: