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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Parsons Corp. (PSN) was up 4.9% in pre-market trading, and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. $(HII)$ was up 4.6%.

Qnity Electronics Inc. (Q), Albemarle Corp. $(ALB)$, and Tempus AI Inc. (TEM) were all posting gains of at least 3%. In early trading, Rocket Lab Corp. (RKLB) and AST SpaceMobile Inc. $(ASTS)$ had posted declines, falling 5.4% and 4.8%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.05%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.07%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 2.87%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.10%, while gold futures were up 1.03%. Bitcoin was down 0.66% to $87,725.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.151%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 0.64% and 0.47%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.02% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.07%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.14% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 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 December 23, 2025.

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