Supreme Court Hears Tariff Case, TSLA Investor Day

U.S. stock futures are slightly higher ahead of the Wall Street open as investors grew more optimistic on AI valuations and were encouraged by the tone of a Supreme Court hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Investors are seeing a path that the Supreme Court will rule against the Trump administration’s aggressive trade policy after high court justices on Wednesday expressed some skepticism about the trade taxes’ legality at a hearing in Washington. The potential ruling would trigger a rollback of the president’s tariffs, potentially pushing stocks higher.

The moves come after the equity market bounced back on Wednesday following a soft start to the week. Focus remains on earnings today along with the government shutdown, tariff implications and Tesla’s (TSLA) investor day.

Morning Movers

Snapshot (as of 7 AM ET)

  • Oil (/CL) – Oil prices are up 0.8% near $60 a barrel, buoyed by easing concerns over a potential supply glut as sanctions on Russian companies begin to bite.

  • Gold (/GC) Gold futures are up 0.6% near $4020 as a retreat in the dollar and a prolonged U.S. government shutdown raised worries over the economic outlook.

  • Bitcoin (/BTC)The Crypto Future is down 1.2% near 103,000 in premarket trading.

  • VIX The CBOE Volatility Index fell 5.2% on Wednesday and settled at 18.01 as stocks were higher. 

  • U.S. Dollar (/DX) – The dollar is down 0.3% to 99.8.

Biggest Premarket Movers

Symbol

Product

Mark % Change (as of 7 AM ET)

DDOG

Datadog

+8.08%

APP

Applovin

+7.88%

ROK

Rockwell Automation

+5.35%

FTNT

Fortinet

-10.05%

KMX

CarMax

-9.38%

TPR

Tapestry

-7.69%

Economic Data

Time

Event

7:30 AM ET

Challenger Job-Cut Report

8:30 AM ET

Productivity & Costs

10:00 AM ET

Wholesale Inventories

10:30 AM ET

Natural Gas Inventories

11:00 AM ET

Fed’s Barr Speaks

Fed’s Williams Speaks

12:00 PM ET

Fed’s Hammack Speaks

3:30 PM ET

Fed’s Waller Speaks

4:30 PM ET

Fed’s Paulson Speaks

Notable Earnings

Premarket

Postmarket

Premarket Tomorrow

Postmarket Tomorrow

APD, ATUS, AZN, ATHM, BDX, GOOS, BLMN, CARS, COP, CMI, QBTS, DDOG, DD, H, KVUE, DNUT, MRNA, NRG, PZZA, PH, PENN, PLNT, RL, ROK, FOUR, TPR, TRIP, UAA, VST, SEAT, YETI

AMRK, AFRM, ABNB, AKAM, ACHR, XYZ, CARG, CE, CC, DKNG, DBX, EXPE, HRB, MCHP, MP, NWS, OPEN, PTON, RXT, SNDK, SOLV, SOUN, RUN, SG, TTWO, TXRH, TTD, WYNN, YELP

AMCX, BAM, CEG, DK, DUK, EOG, FLR, HMC, HAIN, KKR, FUN, WEN

None

Upgrades/Downgrades

  • HSBC upgrades Caterpillar (CAT) to Buy from Hold

  • Argus upgrades Super Micro (SMCI) to Buy from Hold

  • Stifel upgrades Biogen (BIIB) to Buy from Hold

  • RBC Capital downgrades Bumble (BMBL) to Sector Perform from Outperform

  • Piper Sandler downgrades e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) to Neutral from Overweight

  • Stifel downgrades BioMarin (BMRN) to Hold from Buy

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