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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, TopBuild Corp. (BLD) was up 18.4% in pre-market trading, and Imperial Oil Ltd. $(IMO)$ was up 6.6%.
Marvell Technology Inc. $(MRVL)$, GlobalFoundries Inc. $(GFS)$, and Emera Inc. (EMA) were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, AST SpaceMobile Inc. $(ASTS)$ and Bank of Nova Scotia $(BNS)$ had posted declines, falling 15.0% and 13.4%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were down 0.51%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.58%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 0.24%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 5.43%, and gold futures were down 1.48%. Bitcoin was up 0.29% to $75,213.
The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.272%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 1.20% and 1.79%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.60% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.76%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 1.03% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.68% 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 20, 2026.
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