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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Venture Global Inc. $(VG)$ was up 3.3% in pre-market trading, and Equinox Gold Corp. (EQX) was up 2.9%.

Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$, Fabrinet (FN), and AAON Inc. $(AAON)$ were all posting gains of at least 2%. In early trading, Wayfair Inc. Cl A (W) and Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) had posted declines, falling 6.1% and 4.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.23%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.18%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 8.33%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.65%, and gold futures were down 0.18%. Bitcoin slipped 1.35% to $111,058.

The 10-Year Treasury yield climbed to 4.277%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 1.52% and 1.89%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.41% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 1.51%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.15% 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 25, 2025.

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