00:08all right we're looking at another mixed open here ahead of thursday's open or mixed pre-market
00:13ahead of thursday's open i beg your pardon s&p futures right near unchanged but actually positive
00:19by 0.03 percent and up off of the morning lows dow futures higher by 0.24 percent and the
00:26nasdaq
00:27is lower by 0.16 percent so no move greater than a quarter of a percent in either direction all
00:34indices hanging around unchanged all of them up off their lows this morning oil is also higher that is
00:41higher by 1.57 percent so oil futures also trading up obviously that has inflation concerns so that is
00:48also something to watch here today now let's take a look at some cues from last session as well as
00:54where we sit here this morning we've got several stocks in focus for you as per usual most sectors
01:00on the s&p 500 closed on a positive note with communication services materials and health
01:04care stocks recording the biggest gains on wednesday however real estate stocks bucked the overall
01:10market trend closing the session lower u.s stock futures advanced on thursday as the dow s&p and
01:15nasdaq indices rose following wednesday's higher close they're slightly mixed at the moment president
01:22trump predicted wednesday that the stock market will continue moving higher despite the ongoing war
01:27in iran and oil price volatility dismissing concerns while noting that the market keeps quote hitting new
01:33records every day end quote he added quote believe it or not the stock market will go up end quote
01:40trump also smart sparked domestic backlash by suggesting that the strait of hormuz be renamed the trump
01:47strait oh my gosh senator bernie sanders criticized the move obviously calling trump a quote mad king
01:55unquote meanwhile the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.76 percent and the two-year bond was at 4.35
02:02percent
02:02the cme group's fed watch tool projections show markets pricing in a 60.2 percent likelihood of the
02:08federal reserve hiking interest rates at the september meeting we'll see if we end up getting that
02:13now we've got several stocks in focus here for you today and the first one should be an obvious one
02:19really the first two frankly first one here is going to be broadcom and the ticker on this one is
02:24avgo and it was 2.41 percent lower in the pre-market on thursday as it reported better than expected
02:30financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 but issued weak guidance for the fourth quarter
02:37the next stock on our list is going to be snow and what a move snow ticker snow surged 23
02:43.42 percent
02:44as it posted upbeat financial results for the second quarter we will of course cover both of
02:49these stories in more depth in the next segment the next stock on our list is going to be hewlett
02:55packard enterprises the ticker is hpe and it declined by 4.9 percent despite beating fiscal 2026 third
03:03quarter results it also raised its fiscal 2026 adjusted eps guide to between 375 and 385 that
03:10was versus 343 estimate and it raised its revenue outlook to between 45.96 and 46.99 billion versus
03:17an estimate of 44.94 billion the next stock on our list is going to be netscope not netscape netscope
03:25the ticker is ntsk and it rose 10.47 percent as its second quarter revenue grew 29 percent year over
03:33year to 220 and a half million with gross margin rising to 74 percent driven both by new and existing
03:40customers however net loss widened to 110.8 million due to the higher operating expenses and ipo related
03:48stock compensation the last stock on our list is going to be lululemon the ticker is lululemon and
03:57it was half a percent higher as analysts expected to post quarterly earnings of 179 per share
04:02on revenue of 2.46 billion after the closing bell today
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