Morning Brief — Thursday, October 1, 2026
Pre-market levels, expected moves, earnings and catalysts as published before the open on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
Pre-market indices
| Index | Price | Change |
|---|
| SPY | 764.67 | +0.27% |
| QQQ | 743.27 | +0.47% |
| IWM | 278.17 | +0.10% |
Options-implied expected moves
| Ticker | Expected move | Implied range |
|---|
| SPY | ±$4.54 (0.6%) | 758.09 – 767.17 |
| QQQ | ±$6.52 (0.88%) | 733.25 – 746.29 |
| IWM | ±$2.33 (0.84%) | 275.56 – 280.22 |
Pre-market movers
| Ticker | Gap | Catalyst |
|---|
| CTVA | -80.84% | |
| ACN | +17.94% | Earnings, News |
| IBM | +5.49% | News |
| SNPS | +5.41% | News |
| NU | +5.13% | News |
| RKLB | +4.35% | News |
| TEAM | +3.84% | News |
| HUBS | +3.62% | News |
| NOW | +3.55% | News |
| MRNA | -3.35% | News |
Earnings today
| Ticker | When | Implied move | Mkt cap |
|---|
| ACN | Pre-Market | ±7.35% | $118.2B |
| MKC | Pre-Market | ±7.16% | $13.0B |
| MKC.V | Pre-Market | | $13.0B |
| AYI | Pre-Market | ±8.45% | $9.2B |
| NAMM | Pre-Market | | $56M |
| NKE | After Close | ±8.7% | $53.2B |
| VFS | TBD | ±12.5% | $7.4B |
| HUBG | TBD | ±2.97% | $1.8B |
| DAVA | TBD | ±52.51% | $90M |
| EONR | TBD | | $27M |
Economic calendar
- 10:00 AM ET FOMC Member Waller Speaks
- 10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing PMI
- 8:30 AM ET Unemployment Claims
- 8:30 AM ET Average Hourly Earnings m/m
- 8:30 AM ET Non-Farm Employment Change
- 8:30 AM ET Unemployment Rate
Headlines that morning
- Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Netflix, Micron, Amazon, Meta, Toll Brothers & more
- Watch Fed’s Kashkari on Rates, Inflation, Bond Yields, US Economy
- Asian Stocks Split as Softer US Inflation Cools Fed Rate Hike Bets, Bond Yields Stay High - Межа. Новини України.
- Goldman pushes Fed rate hike to December after cooler inflation
- The Dow's rough month, Micron's revenue surge, Google launches Gemini 4 and more in Morning Squawk
- Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari sees one more rate hike this year
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