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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. (BNT) was up 9.3% in pre-market trading, and Astera Labs Inc. (ALAB) was up 7.9%.

Avis Budget Group Inc. $(CAR)$, UnitedHealth Group Inc. $(UNH)$, and Agree Realty Corp. $(ADC)$ were all posting gains of at least 7%. In early trading, Cincinnati Financial Corp. $(CINF)$ and SBA Communications Corp. (SBAC) had posted declines, falling 23.9% and 7.1%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.36%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.56%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.25%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.31%, while gold futures were down 0.57%. Bitcoin climbed 0.51% to $76,713.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.263%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.24%, while the Dow remained unchanged. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.89% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.07%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.16% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.01% 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 April 21, 2026.

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