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Fri 25 Sep 2026

Before the open, every trading day

Premarket

S&P 500SPY
+0.33%
at 769.81
Nasdaq 100QQQ
n/a
No premarket print
DowDIA
+0.36%
at 514.55
Russell 2000IWM
n/a
No premarket print

IEX premarket price against the prior close.

Futures rise on optimism over Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Tone

The S&P 500 closed down 0.08% yesterday and the Dow fell 0.34%. The Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 were close to flat. Premarket, the S&P 500 and Dow are up about a third of a percent. Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 premarket prices are not in yet. The S&P 500's structure score is 88 out of 100, labeled bullish: the uptrend is intact and the index sits near the top of its recent range, a stronger signal than yesterday's dip.

Futures are rising on optimism after Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters reports the Fed plans to raise bank oversight thresholds. Meta's Muse AI agent drove an 11% jump in the stock, and Piper Sandler raised its price target. Meta is a heavyweight in the Nasdaq 100.

Today's calendar shows no economic releases. Earnings are light: Tamboran Resources reports before the open, Inventiva after the close.

Structure

Bullish88/100

Describes where SPY stands now. Not a forecast.

  • SPY above its 20-day average+25
  • 20-day average above the 50-day+25
  • In the upper third of its 20-day range+17.19
  • IEX premarket +0.3% vs prior close+20.71

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Today

Economic releases

No scheduled releases

Earnings

  • TBNTamboran Resources Corporationpre-market
  • IVAInventiva S.A.after close
  • NBNioCorp Developments Ltd.
  • HTLMHomesToLife Ltd
  • TRTTrio-Tech International
  • ZONEZone Frontier Inc.
  • LITSLite Strategy, Inc.
  • CELUCelularity Inc.
  • ENLVEnlivex Ltd.
  • LNAILunai Bioworks Inc.

Key levels

LevelS&P 500SPYNasdaq 100QQQDowDIARussell 2000IWM
Prior close767.29741.09512.70281.65
Prior high768.94742.63513.95282.22
Prior low763.25734.66510.56279.05
5-day high775.12748.31522.36288.91
5-day low757.98715.19510.56279.05
IEX premarket769.81n/a514.55n/a

Informational only. Not financial advice or a trade signal.