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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Regions Financial Corp. $(RF)$ was up 8.8% in pre-market trading, and United Airlines Holdings Inc. $(UAL)$ was up 7.4%.

AngloGold Ashanti PLC (AU), Autoliv Inc. $(ALV)$, and CMS Energy Corp. $(CMS)$ were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, NiSource Inc. $(NI)$ and Paramount Global Cl A $(PARAA)$ had posted declines, falling 12.5% and 9.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.80%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.09%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.74%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.88%, while gold futures were up 2.32%. Bitcoin slipped 0.11% to $83,914.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.332%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.17% and 0.38%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 1.01% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.26%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.77% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.33% from the previous close.

U.S. stock markets open for trading at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 16, 2025.

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