00:07all right we have a mixed open here uh or mixed indices ahead of the open on friday i should
00:13say
00:13and they were all positive earlier so we're actually seeing some weakening going into the
00:20open here for friday s p futures are currently sitting at unchanged actually they're up by 0.01
00:26so basically unchanged uh they are down from the highs here today the dow is sitting at minus
00:340.18 so it's down almost two tenths and the nasdaq up a quarter of a percent higher by 0
00:41.25
00:42here today oil is also lower by just about a percent so we'll see if that continues and we'll
00:48see if the correlation between some of the broader indices like the q's and the spy
00:52continue to be inversely correlated with the oil move we'll see if that continues here today
00:57now let's take a look at some cues from last session let's also get you ready for today i've
01:03got several stocks in focus here for you today ahead of some of that news information technology
01:09consumer discretionary and utility stocks recorded the biggest gains on thursday while financials
01:14and consumer staples bucked the trend to close lower you have stock futures advanced on friday
01:19as the dow s p and nasdaq indices rose following thursday's higher close although those have
01:25paired some of the gains back ahead of the open crude oil slipped while gas prices continue to climb
01:30as president trump weighs a quote big decision end quote on potential military strikes against iran
01:36ahead of upcoming talks with gulf leaders regarding a post-war end game the escalating middle east
01:43tension comes alongside reports of a tanker detained by iranian forces and warning from former
01:48counterterrorism chief joe kent that quote there is no military solution end quote meanwhile the 10-year
01:56treasury bond yielded 4.94 percent and the two-year treasury bond yielded 4.69 percent cme group's fed
02:02watch tool projection show markets pricing in a 53.1 likelihood of the federal reserve hiking interest
02:08rates after its october meeting now we've got several stocks in focus here for you today and the
02:13first one is going to be nucor the ticker is nue and it dropped 3.07 percent in the pre
02:19-market on
02:19friday despite raising its third quarter earnings guidance of 555 to 565 per diluted share that's up
02:26from 263 per share a year ago blackberry is the next stock on our list ticker is bb and it
02:33was
02:331.76 percent higher following a partnership announcement between sift data infrastructure
02:39platform for mission critical hardware and qnx blackberry's embedded software division
02:46the next stock on our list is going to be se advanced materials and the ticker is f e a
02:51m frank
02:52echo alpha michael it dropped 4.73 percent as it posted a loss of 14 cents per share on the
02:58fourth
02:59quarter compared to market estimates of a loss of 32 cents per share the next stock on our list is
03:05going
03:05to be mcdonald's ticker mcd it was 0.41 percent higher as it raised its quarterly dividend from
03:11186 to 193 per share oklo rounds out our list here today the ticker is oklo and it was 1
03:20.34 percent
03:21higher in the pre-market on friday following house approval of a plan requiring large data centers to
03:27absorb more of their own grid infrastructure costs legislation boosted investor interest and dedicated
03:33energy providers however no nuclear firm secured new contracts as a result of the vote
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