S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as war jitters ease, focus turns to AI

July 9, 2026

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US stock futures rose on Thursday as investors looked ahead to South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix's US trading debut, setting aside jitters over renewed US-Iran tensions.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose roughly 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures gained 0.3%.

Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 climbed 0.5%, after Wall Street stocks closed mixed on Wednesday.

Investors are assessing the latest developments after the US and Iran exchanged attacks for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, testing a fragile truce.

President Trump warned of "much worse" strikes to come, while the US revoked a temporary waiver on Iran oil sanctions, helping drive crude oil prices higher. Yahoo Finance reports.

EdgeUp

🚤 Vision Marine to sell Fort Lauderdale property for $13.1M in proceeds. Stock rises in pre-market

Vision Marine Technologies Inc., a marine technology and recreational boating company combining proprietary propulsion technology with direct consumer access through its Nautical Ventures retail, service, and marina platform, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell the property located at 1400 S. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The company also provided an aggregate update on its pending real estate optimization transactions involving the 1440 S. Federal property in Fort Lauderdale and the Palm City property. PR Newswire reports.

🏭 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation Announces Significant Increase in Customer Order Activity. Stock soars in pre-market

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation today announced that customer order activity during the first six months of 2026 totaled approximately $268 million, an increase of 32% compared to approximately $204 million for the same period in 2025.

The increase in customer order activity reflected strength across both of the company's operating segments.

During the first six months of 2026, Forged and Cast Engineered Products experienced customer order activity of approximately $153 million, up 25% compared to the prior-year period, while Air and Liquid Processing recorded customer order activity of approximately $116 million, up 42% year over year. Businesswire reports.

☁️ CoreWeave Stock Gains 8% Despite Meta Worries

CoreWeave shares finished up 7.75% at $90.00 on Wednesday, clawing back some ground after last week’s Meta-fueled drop.

The stock touched $90.15 intraday, but trading volume remained below its 65-day average, according to market data.

The move is noteworthy because CoreWeave is now viewed as one of Wall Street’s most direct plays on the "neocloud" trend—cloud providers focused on renting out GPUs, the chips that power AI models.

Demand for companies such as CoreWeave and Nebius has climbed as technology firms seek more AI computing capacity. However, the business also requires significant investment in data centers, power infrastructure, and equipment. TechStock² reports.

💾 SK Hynix IPO to give US investors bigger bite of the memory pie as shortages persist

SK Hynix is poised to set the final price for its U.S. public trading debut on the Nasdaq on Friday, as investor appetite for the South Korean chipmaker's share sale remains strong.

The initial public offering consists of 177.9 million American depositary shares (ADS), with each ADS representing one-tenth of a common share, equivalent to 17.79 million common shares in total.

The shares will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SKHY. Yahoo Finance reports.

🟢 Nvidia's $1 trillion rout: Do you buy or sell the stock here?

Is Nvidia stock too cheap to ignore? It's a question investors are increasingly asking.

"The setup is really, really great from a technical perspective," StockBrokers.com strategist Jessica Inskip said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "It's a great buying opportunity. I think Nvidia is part of the AI infrastructure build-out. They are creating a moat. And there is certainly more to it. So I would be a buyer here."

Nvidia has lost roughly $1 trillion in market value in less than two months.

The stock is now trading at about 18 times forward earnings, below the S&P 500's forward price-to-earnings multiple of 21 times. Yahoo Finance reports.

Top 5 Movers in Early Pre-Market

(All pricing and percent gains are based on Early Pre-Market from 4:00 AM to 7:00 AM ET). Stock Analysis reports.

1) USDE: StablecoinX Inc.
Total gain: +125.48%

2) WHLR: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
Total gain: +58.65%

3) DSY: Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited
Total gain: +48.96%

4) SDEV: Stablecoin Development Corporation
Total gain: +26.92%

5) TENX: Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
Total gain: +13.85%

Yesterday’s Biggest Movers

The closing price of the top three market percent gainers trading near or above $3 on July 8.

(All pricing and percent gains are based on regular market trading hours from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET) Stock Analysis reports.

1) NVVE: Nuvve Holding Corp.
Total gain: +63.58%
The stock appeared to be moving on no notable news.

2) TVRD: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Total gain: +61.29%
The company announced Phase 1 results for TTI-109, its next-generation STAT3 inhibitor. TTI-109 is a phosphate prodrug of TTI-101 designed to improve delivery and tolerability while preserving the parent compound's mechanism of action. The study confirmed rapid prodrug conversion, dose- proportional pharmacokinetics with exposures above the STAT3 IC₅₀¹ and, in an exploratory pharmacodynamic analysis, reductions of up to 60% in STAT3- driven immune cell populations across Th17, Tfh and B cell subsets. Globe Newswire reports.

3) IOTR: iOThree Limited
Total gain: +40.48%
The stock appeared to be moving on no notable news.

Today’s Notable Earnings

(Estimate and Actual numbers represent Earnings Per Share in US Dollars)

PEP: PepsiCo
Q2 2026
Before Market Open
Estimate: 2.210
Actual: N/A

SMPL: Simply Good Foods
Q3 2026
Before Market Open
Estimate: 0.350
Actual: N/A

NTIC: Northern Technologies
Q3 2026
Before Market Open
Estimate: 0.040
Actual: N/A

Today’s Economic Dates

Time (ET) / Report / Period

8:30 AM - Weekly Jobless Claims - July 4
10:00 AM - Existing Home Sales - June

Parting Thoughts

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

– Peter Drucker

Sourced in: Frequently attributed to Peter Drucker (widely quoted in management literature) — GoodReads.

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