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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, McCormick & Co. Inc. Com. Vtg. $(MKC.V)$ was up 32.9% in pre-market trading, and Exact Sciences Corp. $(EXAS)$ was up 10.3%.
Duolingo Inc. $(DUOL)$, Twilio Inc. Cl A (TWLO), and Reddit Inc. (RDDT) were all posting gains of at least 8%. In early trading, Block Inc. $(XYZ)$ and Atlassian Corp. Cl A $(TEAM)$ had posted declines, falling 20.7% and 16.9%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.52%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.53%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.08%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.11%, and gold futures were up 1.51%. Bitcoin climbed 0.55% to $97,106.
The 10-Year Treasury yield dropped to 4.212%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 0.63% and 0.21%, respectively. In Asia overnight, Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index was up 1.04%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 1.09% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.84% 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 May 02, 2025.
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