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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Home BancShares Inc. (HOMB) was up 8.3% in pre-market trading, and Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE) was up 6.2%.

Qorvo Inc. $(QRVO)$, StandardAero Inc. $(SARO)$, and Revolution Medicines Inc. $(RVMD)$ were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. $(JBHT)$ and Bruker Corp. $(BRKR)$ had posted declines, falling 9.2% and 8.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.35%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.38%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.29%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.16%, while gold futures were down 0.45%. Bitcoin was up 2.22% to $102,535.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.582%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were down 0.21% and 0.16%, respectively. Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.31% and China's Shanghai Composite Index up 0.18%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index increasing 0.60% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 1.28% 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 January 17, 2025.

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