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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Tenet Healthcare Corp. $(THC)$ was up 9.3% in pre-market trading, and Ferguson Enterprises Inc. $(FERG)$ was up 8.5%.

TFS Financial Corp. $(TFSL)$, TransDigm Group Inc. (TDG), and CNH Industrial N.V. $(CNH)$ were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, GameStop Corp. Cl A $(GME)$ and Twist Bioscience Corp. (TWST) had posted declines, falling 10.5% and 6.3%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.58%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.95%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 1.87%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 5.03%, and gold futures were down 0.07%. Bitcoin fell 1.11% to $62,675.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.682%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 0.70% and 0.53%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.94% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.59%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.43% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.03% 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 August 03, 2026.