00:00U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 index futures
00:06moved in different directions following Monday's mixed close. President Donald Trump said oil
00:12prices were dropping like a rock, as he pointed to Iran wanting a settlement as soon as possible,
00:18and said a peace deal could happen ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections.
00:21Iranian President Mahsoud Pezashkian said Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei granted his
00:27government additional authority to pursue negotiations, adding, we are striving to
00:32resolve the issue through dialogue. Reuters reported Tuesday that U.S. forces struck targets on Iran's
00:38Kesham Island near the Strait of Hormuz, with American officials describing the strikes as
00:43defensive measures against threats to U.S. assets and commercial shipping. Meanwhile, the 10-year
00:48Treasury bond yielded 4.91 percent, and the two-year Treasury bond yielded 4.59 percent at the last
00:56check. The CME Group's FedWatch tool projections show markets pricing in a 75.2 percent likelihood
01:03of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates after its December meeting. The SPYder S&P 500 ETF Trust,
01:10the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF, and the SPYder Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust were mixed in
01:17pre-market trading on Tuesday. The SPY was down 0.11 percent at $751.26. The QQQ advanced 0.20
01:28percent to
01:29$682.44, and the DIA fell 0.54 percent to $516.51. Stocks in focus for today are Apple was
01:424.57 percent
01:43lower in pre-market trading on Tuesday, despite reporting fourth-quarter 2026 earnings that beat
01:49estimates, with EPS of $2.10 on revenue of $114.48 billion versus estimates of $1.99 and $113.39
02:03billion. Palantir Technologies was 5.13 percent lower in pre-market trading on Tuesday, despite reporting
02:10third-quarter 2026 earnings that beat estimates, with EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $2.31 billion versus
02:20estimates of $41 and $2.18 billion. Vertex Pharmaceuticals was 0.61 percent higher in pre-market
02:28trading on Tuesday after reporting third-quarter 2026 earnings that were a mixed result versus
02:34estimates, with revenue of $1.11 billion versus estimates, with EPS of $4.76 on revenue of $3.44
02:40billion versus estimates of $4.82 and $3.42 billion. Grab Holdings was 8.22 percent higher in pre-market
02:50trading on Tuesday after reporting third-quarter 2026 earnings that were a mixed result versus estimates,
02:57with revenue of $1.11 billion versus estimates of $1.07 billion. Advanced Micro Devices was 2.34 percent
03:07higher in pre-market trading on Tuesday, as analysts expect third-quarter 2026 EPS of $1.95 on revenue
03:16of $13.09 billion after the closing bell.
