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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Acuity Inc. $(AYI)$ was up 6.9% in pre-market trading, and Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) was up 5.7%.

Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AAOI), Service Corp. International (SCI), and Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. $(NBIX)$ were all posting gains of at least 5%. In early trading, Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. $(DKS)$ and Ameris Bancorp $(ABCB)$ had posted declines, falling 14.7% and 6.9%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.38%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.40%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were up 0.29%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 2.57%, and gold futures were up 0.04%. Bitcoin climbed 0.62% to $79,237.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.671%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 was down 0.28%, while the Dow was up 0.26%. Stocks in Asia were up overnight, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.50% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.19%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.53% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.26% 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 August 25, 2026.