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Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Gain, S&P 500 Slips As May Payrolls Rise By 172K, Unemployment Rate Holds At 4.3% — Lululemon, Keel In Focus (UPDATED)

Rishabh Mishra — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:56:43 +0000

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, economic data and the headline were updated in the story.)

U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 fell, and the Dow Jones index gained, following a mixed close on Thursday.

Investors digested the latest labor data as U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 172,000 in May, matching April’s steady hiring pace, while the unemployment rate held flat at 4.3%.

Wage growth showed modest acceleration, with average hourly earnings ticking up 0.3% ($0.12) to $37.53 for the month, pushing the year-over-year increase to 3.4%.

Following an Oval Office coal policy announcement, President Donald Trump stated he would consider meeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei if diplomacy progresses.

“If we make a deal, it’s possible that I would meet,” Trump said. “I’d be okay with that.” His comments come amid mixed signals from negotiations as the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its fourth month under a fragile ceasefire.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.46%, and the two-year bond was at 4.03%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 96.4% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index	Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones	0.06%
S&P 500	-0.53%
Nasdaq 100	-1.09%
Russell 2000	-0.63%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were lower in premarket on Friday. The SPY was down 0.53% at $753.09, while the QQQ declined by 1.27% to $731.18.

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Stocks In Focus

Lululemon Athletica

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) dropped 11.82% in premarket on Friday after the company reported its first-quarter revenue ahead of expectations but missed the earnings estimates and announced disappointing guidance.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that LULU maintains a weak price trend in the long, medium, and short terms, with a solid ...

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Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Futures Rise As US Undertakes 'Self-Defense' Strikes Against Iran— HPE, NVDA, UBER In Focus (UPDATED)

Rishabh Mishra — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:52:20 +0000

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.

U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, after a higher close on Friday, ending the month of May at a record high.

The U.S. has undertaken "self-defense" strikes in Iran on Sunday as President Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal and urges critics to stop second-guessing his negotiation strategy.

According to an update on X by the Central Command, the U.S. carried out strikes in Iran over the weekend, hitting Iranian radar and command and control sites. The strikes were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions," including the shooting down of a US MQ-1 drone operating over international waters.

Investors will keep an eye on the May jobs report this week, slated for a Friday release, and earnings from tech heavyweights like Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW), CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD), and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO).

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.46%, and the two-year bond was at 4.03%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 99.4% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index	Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones	0.15%
S&P 500	0.15%
Nasdaq 100	0.18%
Russell 2000	-0.10%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Monday. The SPY was up 0.22% at $758.04, while the QQQ was higher by 0.21% to $739.86.

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Stocks In Focus

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE:HPE) jumped 6.06% in premarket on Friday as it is set to report its second-quarter results after market close. Analysts expect the company to report a 28.7% year-on-year rise in revenue to $9.82 billion, with a 42.11% year-on-year increase in EPS to $0.54. It also announced a new HPE ProLiant Compute DL394 Gen12 with the latest NVDA Vera CPU at the Computex 2026 in Taipei.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that HPE maintains a strong price trend in the long, short, and medium terms, with a poor growth rank.

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Stock Market Today: Do, S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Gain Ahead Of NVDA's Q1 Report— CAVA, AMC Entertainment, Roblox In Focus (UPDATED)

Rishabh Mishra — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:32:08 +0000

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.)

U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday following two consecutive days of lower closes for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices on Tuesday.

Investors are awaiting Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) first-quarter results scheduled to be released after the closing bell. Analysts are expecting NVDA to report second-quarter earnings of $1.76 per share on revenue of $79.04 billion.

Additionally, the Federal Reserve will be releasing the minutes of the Fed meeting later in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.65%, and the two-year bond was at 4.10%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 96.7% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index	Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones	0.08%
S&P 500	0.30%
Nasdaq 100	0.68%
Russell 2000	0.36%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Wednesday. The SPY was up 0.45% at $737.00, while the QQQ was higher by 0.77% to $706.92.

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Stocks In Focus

Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) rose 2.30% in premarket on Wednesday after reporting upbeat earnings for the first quarter. The company posted quarterly earnings of $2.72 per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.60 per share.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that TOL maintains a weak price trend in the long, medium, and short terms, with a solid value score.

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Will S&P 500 Open Up Or Down On Wednesday?

Eva Mathew — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:20:23 +0000

The S&P 500 slipped from record levels on Tuesday as rising oil prices and sticky inflation concerns pressured technology shares, but Polymarket traders are betting the benchmark index will rebound at Wednesday's open.

The S&P 500 closed 0.16% lower at 7,400.96 after touching fresh highs earlier this week. However, a May 13 contract on Polymarket showed an 83% chance that the index would open higher on Wednesday.

Why That Number Matters

Investor focus has shifted toward inflation after April consumer prices rose at the fastest annual pace in nearly three years.

Markets are now awaiting April's producer price index data due Wednesday morning, with economists polled by Dow Jones expecting ...

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Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Futures Drop As April Inflation Runs Hotter Than Expected— Zoominfo, Gitlab In Focus (UPDATED)

Rishabh Mishra — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:41:14 +0000

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline, the lede and the economic were updated in the story.)

U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday after Monday’s higher close. This followed President Donald Trump‘s sharp criticism of Iran’s latest response to a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the conflict, saying the ceasefire is now “on life support.”

“I would call it the weakest right now,” Trump said, adding he viewed Tehran’s demands as unacceptable.

On the economic front, inflation ran hotter than anticipated, with the April Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising 3.8% year-over-year, which surpassed the 3.7% median estimate by FactSet. Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, climbed 2.8% over the last 12 months and 0.4% monthly.

Meanwhile, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index edged up 0.1 points to a reading of 95.9 in April, though it remains below its 52-year historical average.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.43%, and the two-year bond was at 3.97%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 97.6% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index	Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones	-0.04%
S&P 500	-0.38%
Nasdaq 100	-0.73%
Russell 2000	-0.45%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were lower in premarket on Tuesday. The SPY was down 0.52% at $735.45, while the QQQ declined 1.03% to $705.96.

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Stocks In Focus

Gitlab

Gitlab Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLB) plunged 8.97% in premarket on Tuesday after it announced a reduction in workforce to realign its operating structure.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that AEHL maintains a weak price trend in the medium and long terms but a strong trend in the ...

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Liquidity Is Surging And May Find Its Way To Scarce Assets Like Bitcoin

Gav Blaxberg — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:13:02 +0000

Liquidity is absolutely surging- but where is it actually coming from?

The Surge

Last week focused on the Yen Carry Trade and noted it as being one of the many marginal drivers of liquidity. With that clearly in the rear-view mirror, as yet another Yen intervention has occurred since that article was published, we need to confront a critical reality:

Dollar liquidity is absolutely soaring.

One of the primary reasons I became more cautious in late-summer/early-fall of last year was due to liquidity very clearly rolling over. Not only was the repo market in increasingly severe distress, the broad money supply was decelerating.

Nominally, M2 was still growing (and almost always does), but that's the wrong metric – the right metric is the rate of change of the money supply, and that started to roll over in the late spring of 2025.

M2 (broad money) supply, 6-month rate of change

But something notable has been happening recently: we've been seeing a huge surge of liquidity in the financial system.

The stock market is vertical. Bitcoin is 30% off its recent lows. But where it's coming from is curious.

Let's look at broad money first. M2, or the broad money supply, is a measure of the total amount of money in an economy, including physical cash, checkable deposits, and easily convertible ‘near money'.

Zooming in a bit and looking at just the past 5 years (and a shorter rate of change timeframe), we can see there was definitely a surge of this "broad money" in the past few months.

M2 Money and 3-month rate of change.

Remember, while everyone focuses on the Fed's money printing, a far larger driver (in absolute terms) is ...

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