Svmuu News: Ahead of the U.S. stock market open, investors should pay close attention to the following key market and financial news:
1. U.S. major stock index futures are mixed. Dow Jones futures are down 0.64%, S&P 500 futures are down 0.22%, and Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.42%.
2. International oil prices rose across the board. WTI crude oil futures rose 2.53% to $80.118 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures rose 3.95% to $86.594 per barrel.
3. International spot gold and silver prices edged higher. Spot gold rose 0.68% to $4,027.90 per ounce; spot silver rose 0.50% to $57.91 per ounce.
4. Europe’s three major stock indices all closed lower. The UK’s FTSE 100 fell 0.42%, France’s CAC 40 fell 0.71%, and Germany’s DAX 30 fell 0.94%.
5. IBM fell more than 20% in premarket trading after the company’s preliminary second-quarter revenue fell short of expectations due to customers cutting back on spending on software and infrastructure.
6. Samsung has reportedly completed the tape-out of its AI5 autonomous driving chip for the “Tesla,” which will be manufactured using a 2nm process.Full-scale vehicle production may not be achieved until mid-2027.
7. SK Hynix has reportedly officially launched mass production shipments of 12-layer HBM4 for NVIDIA’s next-generation “Vera Rubin” AI platform, with the product now entering the “production ramp-up” phase.
8. New York State will suspend the construction of new large-scale data centers with power consumption of 50 megawatts or more. The ban will be in effect for up to one year and takes effect immediately.