{"id":229261,"date":"2025-07-01T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/229261\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:18:10","slug":"5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/229261\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. stock futures are pointing slightly lower as investors monitor trade talks and Senate budget negotiations; Tesla (TSLA<\/a>) shares are falling in premarket trading as the feud between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalates again; Apple (AAPL<\/a>)\u00a0reportedly could turn to OpenAI or Anthropic for help enhancing its Siri voice-activated service; Oracle (ORCL<\/a>) shares are hovering near the all-time high set Monday after the software provider reported lucrative new cloud deals; and Amazon’s (AMZN<\/a>) robotic workforce reportedly nears the size of its human staff in its warehouses. Here’s what investors need to know today.\n<\/p>\n

1. US Stock Futures Point Slightly Lower <\/p>\n

U.S. stock futures are pointing slightly lower in premarket trading as investors monitor trade talks and Senate deliberations of budget legislation.\u00a0S&P 500<\/a> and Nasdaq<\/a>\u00a0futures are down 0.2% after both indexes posted fresh all-time closing highs<\/a> yesterday. Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0futures are ticking lower. Bitcoin\u00a0(BTCUSD<\/a>) and the 10-year Treasury yield are lower. Oil and gold futures are higher.\n<\/p>\n

2. Tesla Stock Drops as Musk-Trump Feud Escalates Again <\/p>\n

Tesla shares are more than 5% lower in premarket trading as the feud between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump heats up again<\/a>. “Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, hours after Musk again criticized the “One Big Beautiful Bill<\/a>” being debated in the Senate, which includes a provision that would eliminate the $7,500 new EV tax credit. During the initial escalation of the public spat between Musk and Trump on June 5, shares\u00a0tumbled 14%<\/a>, erasing more than $150 billion from Tesla’s\u00a0market capitalization<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

3. Apple Could Turn to OpenAI or Anthropic to Power AI-Enhanced Siri, Report Says <\/p>\n

Apple (AAPL<\/a>) could turn to ChatGPT maker OpenAI or Anthropic<\/a> after delays<\/a> in the launch of its highly anticipated AI-enhanced Siri, according to a Bloomberg report. The iPhone maker has been in talks with both companies about using\u00a0 AI models instead of in-house technology, the report said, after significant delays have raised pressure on Apple<\/a> to prove it can compete with other tech leaders on AI development. Shares of Apple are 0.6% higher in premarket trading after closing 2% higher yesterday following the report.\n<\/p>\n

4. Oracle Stock Hits All-Time High Following Cloud Deals <\/p>\n

Oracle (ORCL<\/a>) shares are edging higher in premarket trading after closing at an all-time high<\/a> of $218.63 Monday as CEO Safra Catz touted what she called a “strong start” to fiscal 2026, with several lucrative cloud deals<\/a>, “including one that is expected to contribute more than $30 billion in annual revenue starting in FY28.” Analysts at Stifel reportedly raised their price target for Oracle stock to $250 per share from $180, pointing to Oracle’s strong cloud growth.\n<\/p>\n

5. Amazon’s Robotic Warehouse Workforce Nears Size of Human Staff, Report Says <\/p>\n

Amazon (AMZN<\/a>) soon will have as many robots working in its warehouses as it does humans, according to a report in\u00a0The Wall Street Journal. Roughly 75% of the e-commerce giant’s global deliveries “are assisted in some way by robotics,” the Journal said, adding that “the average number of employees Amazon had per facility last year, roughly 670, was the lowest recorded in the past 16 years.” Last month, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he expected the company would trim its workforce<\/a> over the next few years with the spread of\u00a0artificial intelligence<\/a>.\u00a0Amazon shares are little changed in premarket trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. stock futures are pointing slightly lower as investors monitor trade talks and Senate budget negotiations; Tesla (TSLA)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3091],"tags":[51,2441,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-229261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-markets","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114777941918728424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}