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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, United Rentals Inc. $(URI)$ was up 15.6% in pre-market trading, and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) was up 14.8%.

Mobileye Global Inc. Cl A (MBLY), Hasbro Inc. $(HAS)$, and Texas Instruments Inc. $(TXN)$ were all posting gains of at least 10%. In early trading, Houlihan Lokey Inc. Cl A $(HLI)$ and Medpace Holdings Inc. (MEDP) had posted declines, falling 31.4% and 17.4%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.43%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.64%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.91%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.09%, and gold futures were down 0.74%. Bitcoin was down 1.74% to $77,507.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.326%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 1.05% and 0.69%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.75% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.32%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.37% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.78% 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 23, 2026.

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