00:08All right, green arrows across the board ahead of Monday's open here on the back of the news of the
00:14conflict maybe settling down in the Middle East.
00:17S&P futures higher by 0.89%, Dow futures up by 1.1%, and the NASDAQ leading the way higher,
00:24positive 1.44%.
00:26Also worth noting, oil, big hit, down 6.38%.
00:31We'll see how much of these gains and losses end up holding here.
00:36But in the meantime, let's take a look at some cues from last session as well as where we may
00:41go here today.
00:42Consumer staples, real estate, and material stocks led Friday's gains while information technology shares fell,
00:48leaving the U.S. markets mixed as the Dow rose over 200 points and chips dragged the NASDAQ down.
00:54U.S. stock futures were rising on Monday as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and NASDAQ indices all advanced
01:01following Friday's mixed close and saw an oil pullback.
01:05Over the weekend, the U.S. suspended its 13-night airstrike campaign against Iran to allow diplomacy and assess munition
01:12stocks.
01:13In response, a senior Iranian official confirmed Tehran would also halt retaliatory strikes as long as the U.S. pause
01:20continues.
01:22Investors are preparing for a critical week as four MAG-7 heavyweights,
01:26Meta, ticker M-E-T-A, Microsoft, ticker M-S-F-T, Amazon, ticker A-M-Z-N,
01:32and Apple, ticker AAPL, all report quarterly results alongside a federal open market committee
01:39for the FOMC interest rate decision on Wednesday, presided over by Chair Kevin Warsh.
01:44Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.64 percent and the two-year bond was at 4.3 percent.
01:51CME Group's FedWatch tool projections show that the markets are pricing a 68.5 percent likelihood
01:56of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during July's meeting.
02:03Now, we've got several stocks in focus here for you today ahead of the big earnings week.
02:07The first one's going to be microchip technology.
02:11Your ticker on this one is M-C-H-P, and it was 2.24 percent higher in the pre
02:16-market on Monday
02:17after it reported that it signed an agreement to acquire Halio.
02:21The next step or the next stock on our list is going to be Advanced Micro Devices, ticker AMD.
02:26It was 3.03 percent higher, continuing its positive momentum last week following an analyst day
02:32where it announced a large-scale anthropic and open AI partnerships, new data center projects,
02:38and said that it expects the AI accelerator market to reach $1.4 trillion by 2030.
02:44The next stock on our list is going to be Safety Insurance Group.
02:48The ticker is S-A-F-T, and it was 1.14 percent lower after the company announced Mapfire will
02:54acquire it on Friday.
02:56The next stock on our list is going to be Celastica, ticker C-L-S.
03:01It was 2.53 percent higher as analysts expect it to post quarterly earnings of $2.30 per share on
03:09revenue of $4.39 billion.
03:11The last stock on our list is going to be Nucor.
03:14The ticker is N-U-E.
03:16It was up 1.37 percent as analysts expect it to post quarterly earnings of $4.38 per share on
03:23revenue of $10.14 billion.
03:31The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
03:33The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
03:33The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
03:34The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
03:35The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
03:35The next stock on our list is going to be C-L-S.
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