Pre-market news briefing for US stocks

Zhitong
2025.05.15 12:27
  1. Before the US stock market opens, the three major stock index futures are all down.
  2. As of the time of writing, Dow futures are down 0.38%, S&P 500 futures are down 0.49%, and Nasdaq futures are down 0.61%.
  3. The German DAX index is up 0.04%, the UK FTSE 100 index is up 0.23%, the French CAC 40 index is down 0.20%, and the Euro Stoxx 50 index is down 0.36%.
  4. WTI crude oil is down 3.25%, at $61.10 per barrel. Brent crude oil is down 3.06%, at $64.07 per barrel.
  5. The market currently expects the US April PPI to grow by 2.5% year-on-year, lower than the previous value of 2.7%; it is expected that the April core PPI will grow by 3.1% year-on-year, also lower than the previous value of 3.3%.
  6. San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly strongly supports Powell's hawkish view: the Federal Reserve is not in a hurry to cut interest rates.
  7. KE is down nearly 5% in pre-market trading after the company released its Q1 financial report.
  8. After Mizuho downgraded CrowdStrike's stock rating from "Outperform" to "Neutral," the company's stock fell 2.7% in pre-market trading.
  9. NetEase's stock is up nearly 7% in pre-market trading, with Q1 net revenue of 28.8 billion yuan, better than market expectations