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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Sandisk Corp. $(SNDK)$ was up 7.3% in pre-market trading, and Coherent Corp. (COHR) was up 7.0%.
MaxLinear Inc. (MXL), Western Digital Corp. $(WDC)$, and Powell Industries Inc. (POWL) were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Cl A $(FCNCA)$ and Equifax Inc. $(EFX)$ had posted declines, falling 38.4% and 11.2%, respectively.
Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.42%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.31%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 2.09%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.42%, and gold futures were up 1.16%. Bitcoin was up 1.67% to $66,174.
The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.606%.
In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.19% and 0.59%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 3.26% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 1.79%.
In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 0.20% and the FTSE 100 Index climbing 0.09% 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 July 21, 2026.
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