00:00okay the futures are actually we don't know because the cme is out and the futures are
00:13not working and in fact i'm looking in my broker right now futures are not moving so those products
00:19still down that includes s&p nasdaq oil and such we are getting a reading here from the tradable
00:26etfs those look like they're operating without issue so we are able to guess that things are up
00:32here this morning spy closed at 679.68 on wednesday and in the pre-market here the spy etf is at 681.81
00:42so we are trading up here if i look across the way here it looks like they all are kind of trading a
00:49little bit up but again no futures here we have to rely on the dow qqq excuse me the dia the qqq and
00:58the spy tradable tickers to determine where the uh where the futures are pointing now let's take a
01:07look at some cues from that wednesday session utilities information technology and material
01:13stocks led the gains on wednesday while communication services and health care bucked the trend to
01:19close lower u.s stock futures halted trading on friday amid a data center glitch we'll cover that
01:26in a little bit more detail here in a sec after wednesday's advances however the benchmark index
01:31tracking etfs were trading higher as just mentioned the chicago mercantile exchange or cme halted trading
01:37on friday due to the data center glitch it's also impacted trade in u.s treasuries and u.s crude oil
01:43after the stocks gained for the fourth straight session ahead of the thanksgiving holiday on thursday
01:48markets will be open until 1 p.m eastern today on black friday president trump suggested utilizing
01:54tariff revenues to provide relief for low and middle income taxpayers during a thanksgiving video
02:00call with service members he stated that quote over the next couple of years the u.s will be
02:05substantially cutting or even completely eliminating the federal income tax the s&p 500 spy
02:12and q's which track the s&p 500 and the nasdaq respectively were higher in the pre-market we'll
02:18see if that holds we do have some stocks in focus here today and for all you pot players get excited
02:24because the first one on the list here is till ray ticker t-l-r-y tumbled 14.93 percent in the pre-market
02:32uh after it announced a one for 10 reverse stock split now i know there's a lot of uh attempts to
02:40try and trade the pot market here generally speaking reverse stock splits are not good for stocks you
02:45quality stocks split uh let's call them non-quality stocks reverse split however it will be interesting
02:53to see how this stock trades after the reverse split there might be some short-term opportunity with
02:59that the next stock on our list here is direct digital this is ticker drct that dropped 12.06
03:06after it filed a form 8k with the securities and exchange commission on wednesday revealing it reached
03:11a settlement agreement last week with continuation capital and under the settlement direct digital
03:18will issue up to 50 million class a common shares to constitution capital so it looks like you're
03:24getting a little bit of dilution there via that agreement and uh stock is trading down on
03:29the back of that now the next stock on our list definitely one folks are going to be looking at
03:34here today this is smx security matters we talked about this earlier this week smx surged 74.43
03:43after it presented its molecular identity technology at the dmcc precious metals conference in dubai
03:49on november 24th through the 25th so smx trading up here today it is up big and holding on to those
03:57gains thus far here this morning we'll see where that ends up closing up uh in fact in the pre-market
04:03here it's had multiple big volume spikes and it is going to be in play here today the next stock on
04:09our list is going to be walmart ticker wmt no surprise that that is going to be a stock in focus
04:14on black friday that rose 0.31 on black friday as it promised discounts and exclusive offers this
04:21holiday shopping season the retailer aims to offer an enhanced shopping experience both online and in
04:27stores with early access for walmart plus members anecdotally speaking i've seen a lot of commercials
04:33for walmart's black friday sales they're touting everything from electronics tvs to apparel and all
04:40that so it looks like walmart is trying to hit this shopping holiday if you will dead on the last stock
04:46on our list here in focus is apple ticker aap l which was up 0.36 on black friday with its promotions
04:54and discounts running from november 29th to december 2nd offering customers gift cards with the
05:01purchase of eligible products instead eligible products excuse me instead of direct discounts so
05:06this is interesting instead of getting a discount you get a gift card maybe that will help with
05:11accessory purchases like airpods or otherwise that should actually help apple will see if that's
05:18enough to entice consumers to open their wallet
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