00:08all right futures a little bit mixed here ahead of monday's open s p futures are holding on to
00:13the green up by 0.04 although they are off their monday morning highs here uh dow futures in the
00:21red down by 0.08 that's actually trying to come off its lows right now and the nasdaq also still
00:29positive but down from its earlier pre-market high nasdaq up 0.15 percent ahead of monday's open here
00:36so we'll see what happens as we get closer to the open do we hold in the green or do
00:40we move to red
00:41we shall see now let's take a look at some cues from last session as well as what we can
00:47expect
00:47for this session and this week here consumer discretionary information technology and
00:53material stocks recorded the biggest gains on friday to lead most s p 500 sectors higher
00:58while energy and communication services stocks bucked the trend to close lower u.s stock futures
01:04were mixed on monday as the dow index slipped the s p and the nasdaq indices rose following friday's
01:11higher close investors will be closely tracking the cost of living checkup this week featuring a
01:16july inflation data along with updates on the consumer spending and sentiment these reports were
01:22awful will offer vital insight into whether consumer resilience can withstand mounting geopolitical
01:28pressure and elevated energy prices meanwhile iran stated that the strait of hormuz will not reopen
01:35unless the u.s meets its demands despite a deal with oman entering its final stages the geopolitical
01:41standoff comes as president trump noted u.s is only semi-negotiating with tehran keeping energy markets
01:48on edge the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.65 and the two-year bond was at 4.21 percent
01:55cme groups fed watch
01:56tool projections show that the markets are pricing in a 43.9 percent likelihood of the federal reserve
02:02hiking the current interest rates during its september meeting so we'll see that percentage is oscillating
02:08quite a bit now uh now we do have several stocks in focus here for you today the first one's
02:13going to be
02:13check cap this is not a stock that we uh that we look at often ticker is mba i it
02:19fell 4.26 percent
02:21as it announced a one for seven reverse share split that is going to be effective august 12th which is
02:28wednesday this week the next stock on our list here is going to be rocket lab ticker rklb it rose
02:362.95
02:37ahead of its earnings scheduled to be released after the closing bell analysts are expecting
02:42earnings loss of eight cents per share on revenue of 231.1 million the next stock on our list here
02:50is
02:50going to be plug power ticker plug it gains 6.42 percent ahead of its earnings scheduled to be released
02:57after the closing bell analysts are expecting the loss of eight cents per share on revenue of 168.8
03:03million the next stock on our list is going to be biokey international the ticker is bkyi it fell
03:117.92 percent as the company along with its strategic partner visual forma was awarded a new contract to
03:19enhance digital identity security for a portuguese natural national security agency the next stock on
03:26our list is going to be t-ro price ticker is trow t-r-o-w it advanced by 8
03:31.19 percent after
03:33its recent second quarter earnings report highlighted a 1.91 billion in revenue which was slightly below
03:39estimates
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