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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Elastic N.V. (ESTC) was up 13.9% in pre-market trading, and Rocket Cos. Inc. $(RKT)$ was up 6.1%.

Entegris Inc. $(ENTG)$, Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK), and Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) were all posting gains of at least 6%. In early trading, Rocket Lab USA Inc. $(RKLB)$ and NetApp Inc. $(NTAP)$ had posted declines, falling 14.9% and 14.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.26%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.36%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 8.03%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 1.21%, while gold futures were down 0.69%. Bitcoin was down 3.62% to $80,382.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.259%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 1.59% and 0.45%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 2.88% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.98%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index falling 0.31% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.27% 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 February 28, 2025.

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