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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Nordson Corp. $(NDSN)$ was up 6.1% in pre-market trading, and CoreWeave Inc. Cl A (CRWV) was up 3.3%.

NuScale Power Corp. (SMR), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. $(HPE)$, and SoundHound AI Inc. (SOUN) were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Alcon Inc. (ALC) and Air Lease Corp. $(AL)$ had posted declines, falling 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.17%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.30%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.33%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.82%, and gold futures were down 0.48%. Bitcoin slipped 0.71% to $113,476.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.311%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.24%, while the Dow was up 0.04%. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.65% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.13%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.35% and the FTSE 100 Index dropping 0.20% 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 21, 2025.

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