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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Autoliv Inc. $(ALV)$ was up 7.1% in pre-market trading, and Netflix Inc. $(NFLX)$ was up 6.5%.

Intuitive Surgical Inc. $(ISRG)$, Bausch + Lomb Corp. $(BLCO)$, and Balchem Corp. $(BCPC)$ were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, CVS Health Corp. $(CVS)$ and Western Alliance Bancorp. $(WAL)$ had posted declines, falling 13.0% and 5.2%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.20%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.04%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 1.83%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.43%, while gold futures were up 0.71%. Bitcoin climbed 1.60% to $67,861.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.107%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.02%, while the Dow was up 0.37%. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.18% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 2.91%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.20% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.29% 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 October 18, 2024.

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