00:00all right futures are green across the board ahead of friday's open here today
00:11s&p futures up 0.14 percent dow futures up 0.08 percent and the nasdaq leading the way higher at
00:180.22 percent let's take a look at some cues from last session u.s markets saw broad gains in most
00:26industries led by energy consumer staples while information technology and health care
00:31were about the only sectors to post losses
00:35rising unrest in iran gripped inventor sentiment as wti crude futures rose gold remained largely flat
00:45and the silver spot was inching higher with the iranian government initiating a nationwide
00:51internet blackout to quell dissent traders were parsing the risk on global markets and the
00:58economy we actually had a brief discussion about how to trade in markets where there is all this
01:03type of uncertainty yesterday and one of the prevailing things that the group came up with
01:08was really kind of watch that vix right now the vix is telling you there isn't a whole lot of fear and
01:14of course that can change quickly but in terms of how to navigate some of this confusion the vix can
01:20actually be one of the really helpful tools to uh inform you of what the market is actually feeling
01:26behind the scenes the u.s supreme court could announce a ruling on tariffs imposed by other
01:32countries by president trump later today meanwhile investors also await the december jobs report
01:38slated to be released today the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.18 percent and the two-year bond was
01:45at 3.5 percent now we do have some stocks in focus for you here today the first one's going to be
01:53general motors which is ticker gm that was 0.63 percent lower in the pre-market on friday after it
01:59faced a 7.1 billion dollar loss from the electric vehicles investment remember i believe ford's write
02:06off on that was like 19 billion so these companies um kind of reversing course here and maybe uh going
02:13more of the hybrid model as we've discussed before the next stock on our list here is rio tinto and the
02:19ticker on this is rio that dropped 2.46 percent after it confirmed talks on a possible merger with
02:25glencore which would make a mining giant the next stock on our list is tilray ticker t-l-r-y that jumped
02:338.32 percent after the company released its second quarter earnings report which beat expectations on the top
02:40and bottom lines the next stock is offer pad this is ticker o-p-a-d or opad that surged 38.82 percent
02:51following a new proposal by president trump with big implications for the nation's housing market it's
02:57also worth noting other housing stocks like rocket ticker rkt and open door ticker o-p-e-n also saw some
03:04outsized gains the last stock on our list here is calvista pharmaceuticals ticker on this one is c-a-l-v
03:12shares were 13.65 percent higher after the company reported preliminary global net product revenue
03:20results for the first quarter the company said it sees preliminary global net export revenue of
03:27ector lee of 35 million to 49 million for the quarter
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