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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Open Text Corp. (OTEX) was up 8.2% in pre-market trading, and Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ was up 5.3%.

Venture Global Inc. $(VG)$, Comstock Resources Inc. $(CRK)$, and ICL Group Ltd. $(ICL)$ were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, GXO Logistics Inc. (GXO) and News Corp Cl A $(NWSA)$ had posted declines, falling 6.6% and 6.1%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.50%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.41%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.74%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 7.11%, and gold futures were down 0.93%. Bitcoin fell 0.34% to $70,884.

The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.345%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.11% and 0.56%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.74% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.06%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.67% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.36% 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 13, 2026.

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