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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. $(BIPC)$ was up 4.6% in pre-market trading, and Cousins Properties Inc. $(CUZ)$ was up 4.1%.

Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. $(BNT)$, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. $(BIP)$, and Kinetik Holdings Inc. (KNTK) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Super Micro Computer Inc. $(SMCI)$ and EnLink Midstream LLC $(ENLC)$ had posted declines, falling 14.5% and 11.1%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.24%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.22%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.28%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.85%, and gold futures were up 0.23%. Bitcoin was up 0.68% to $103,820.

The 10-Year Treasury yield slipped to 4.374%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 remained unchanged, while the Dow was down 0.20%. Stocks in Asia were down overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.03% and China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.16%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are down, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index dropping 0.30% and the FTSE 100 Index declining 0.31% 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 December 16, 2024.

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