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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Installed Building Products Inc. (IBP) was up 4.8% in pre-market trading, and LandBridge Co. LLC (LB) was up 3.8%.

Duolingo Inc. (DUOL), GoDaddy Inc. Cl A $(GDDY)$, and Belden Inc. $(BDC)$ were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Cl A $(BIO)$ and Fabrinet (FN) had posted declines, falling 32.4% and 9.7%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.42%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.00%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.78%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.02%, while gold futures were down 0.54%. Bitcoin was up 0.06% to $64,304.

The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.749%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.52% and 0.51%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 2.54% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.19%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.46% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.07% 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 18, 2026.