Morning Brief — Monday, September 21, 2026
Pre-market levels, expected moves, earnings and catalysts as published before the open on Monday, September 21, 2026.
Pre-market indices
| Index | Price | Change |
|---|
| SPY | 766.38 | +0.62% |
| QQQ | 727.96 | +0.90% |
| IWM | 286.17 | +0.73% |
Options-implied expected moves
| Ticker | Expected move | Implied range |
|---|
| SPY | ±$3.84 (0.5%) | 757.85 – 765.53 |
| QQQ | ±$5.15 (0.71%) | 716.3 – 726.6 |
| IWM | ±$2.02 (0.71%) | 282.08 – 286.12 |
Pre-market movers
| Ticker | Gap | Catalyst |
|---|
| MSTR | +8.12% | News |
| WBD | +6.98% | News |
| INTC | +5.88% | News |
| COIN | +5.60% | News |
| HOOD | +5.58% | News |
| IDXX | +5.38% | News |
| ARM | +4.97% | News |
| NVO | -4.67% | News |
| RBLX | +4.56% | |
| ACN | +4.14% | News |
Earnings today
| Ticker | When | Implied move | Mkt cap |
|---|
| ABVX | After Close | ±9.42% | $9.2B |
| GRFS | TBD | ±16.42% | $5.1B |
| CHRN | TBD | | $2.9B |
| CURR | TBD | | $348M |
| AIV | TBD | ±17.89% | $322M |
| CBAT | TBD | ±154.55% | $94M |
| YYAI | TBD | | $3M |
| FRGT | TBD | | $558,794 |
Headlines that morning
- Why Did AI Stocks Rally After Fed Rate Hike? NVDA, MU, and AMD Lead Chip Sector
- A Treasurer’s Playbook Following a Fed Rate Hike: Ask Banks to Pay Up for Deposits
- Gold Steadies as Traders Weigh Inflation and Fed Hike Outlook
- Trump-Xi summit preparations, outlets fight White House ban, Nissan's U.S. ambitions and more in Morning Squawk
- Fed’s Goolsbee Says Road to 2% Inflation May Not Be Painless
- Democrats Have Midterm Momentum. Here’s What Risks Tripping Them Up.
This is an archived brief. A fresh one is generated free every market morning — no signup, no paywall.
See today's brief or get it
by email.