Morning Brief — Monday, August 24, 2026
Pre-market levels, expected moves, earnings and catalysts as published before the open on Monday, August 24, 2026.
Pre-market indices
| Index | Price | Change |
|---|
| SPY | 764.41 | -0.17% |
| QQQ | 708.94 | -0.63% |
| IWM | 299.73 | -0.08% |
Options-implied expected moves
| Ticker | Expected move | Implied range |
|---|
| SPY | ±$3.38 (0.44%) | 762.34 – 769.1 |
| QQQ | ±$5.36 (0.75%) | 708.08 – 718.8 |
| IWM | ±$1.99 (0.66%) | 297.97 – 301.95 |
Pre-market movers
| Ticker | Gap | Catalyst |
|---|
| WDC | -4.09% | News |
| EQIX | +4.07% | |
| STLD | +3.88% | News |
| DTE | +3.74% | News |
| MRVL | -3.71% | News |
| NUE | +3.64% | News |
| NBIS | -3.55% | News |
| MU | -3.54% | News |
| CLF | +3.38% | News |
| AMAT | -2.99% | News |
Earnings today
| Ticker | When | Implied move | Mkt cap |
|---|
| PDD | Pre-Market | ±7.59% | $127.4B |
| XPEV | Pre-Market | ±9.52% | $11.5B |
| NSSC | Pre-Market | ±14.07% | $1.3B |
| XYF | Pre-Market | | $301M |
| NCTY | Pre-Market | | $67M |
| GGR | Pre-Market | | $33M |
| PICS | After Close | | $1.3B |
| TUYA | After Close | ±23.33% | $1.1B |
| GRRR | After Close | ±17.43% | $423M |
| SSL | TBD | ±30.42% | $8.0B |
Economic calendar
- 2:00 PM ET Treasury Sec Bessent Speaks
- 10:00 AM ET CB Consumer Confidence
Headlines that morning
- US Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Futures Fall 0.28%, Nasdaq Futures Drop 0.68% As Iran Sanctions, Nvidia Earnings & Fed Rate Outlook Weigh On Wall Street; Check What Investors Should
- Stock Markets Face Double Blow if Nvidia and the Fed Fail to Deliver - Barron's
- Stocks Down Pre-Bell as Investors Await Key Inflation Data, Warsh Speech, Nvidia Earnings - Yahoo! Finance Canada
- Canada tariffs, Bessent's buyback funding, Scott Kirby's plans for United and more in Morning Squawk
- Nasdaq, S&P 500 Futures Edge Higher Ahead Of Fed Minutes: Why NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, APLD, PANW Are On Traders' Radar Today
- Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Jersey Mike's, Dell, Chipotle, Marvell, CoreWeave & more
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