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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, AeroVironment Inc. $(AVAV)$ was up 10.2% in pre-market trading, and SM Energy Co. (SM) was up 9.5%.
APA Corp. $(APA)$, Venture Global Inc. $(VG)$, and Occidental Petroleum Corp. $(OXY)$ were all posting gains of at least 7%. In early trading, AES Corp. $(AES)$ and Carnival Corp. $(CCL)$ had posted declines, falling 16.7% and 7.6%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 1.15%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.18%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.85%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 8.66%, and gold futures were up 2.96%. Bitcoin was up 1.21% to $66,120.
The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 3.985%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.43% and 1.05%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 1.35% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.47%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 1.52% and the FTSE 100 Index falling 1.06% 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 March 02, 2026.
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