{"id":239256,"date":"2025-09-19T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239256\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:50:13","slug":"5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239256\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stock futures are ticking higher this morning after major U.S. indexes hit another record high yesterday on the strength of a tech sector rally; President Donald Trump and Chinese leader\u00a0 Xi Jinping are scheduled to speak today on a TikTok deal; Apple’s (AAPL<\/a>) new iPhone 17 went on sale globally today; FedEx (FDX<\/a>) moves higher after the package delivery giant reinstated its full-year outlook; and homebuilder Lennar (LEN<\/a>) reported a decline in profits amid weakness in the housing market. Here’s what investors need to know today.\n<\/p>\n

1. Stock Futures Tick Higher as Major Indexes Look to Add to Records <\/p>\n

Stock futures are slightly higher after markets hit record highs<\/a> yesterday on a surge in tech stocks. Futures tied to the benchmark S&P 500<\/a>, the Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> and the tech-heavy Nasdaq<\/a> were each up about 0.1% recently. The Russell 2000<\/a> small-cap index recorded its first record close since November 2021 on Thursday amid optimism about the prospect for further interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve<\/a>. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which affects borrowing costs on all sorts of loans, is at 4.14% this morning, up from yesterday’s close. Bitcoin (BTCUSD<\/a>) is down slightly at around $116,500, while gold futures are holding steady at around $3,680 an ounce.\n<\/p>\n

2. Trump, Xi Set to Discuss TikTok Ownership Deal <\/p>\n

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday to negotiate a deal<\/a> to keep video app TikTok operating in the U.S., according to media reports. The call is expected to come at around 9 a.m. ET.\u00a0 A reported framework for a deal would have Oracle (ORCL<\/a>) lead a consortium of companies<\/a> that operate the social media app. Trump this week signed an executive order to push back a deadline for Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its ownership of the company, extending it to mid-December. Oracle shares were up about 1% in premarket trading.\n<\/p>\n

3. Apple iPhone 17 Goes on Sale, Strong Demand Reported <\/p>\n

Apple’s (AAPL<\/a>) iPhone 17 lineup went on sale Friday, reportedly drawing long lines of customers in Europe and Asia amid strong demand for the new products<\/a>\u2014especially for the Pro models. The iPhone 17 features four models<\/a>,\u00a0 including the \u201cAir,\u201d its thinnest model to date. Other models feature longer battery life, more scratch-resistant materials, and better cameras than earlier models. Apple stock has lost 5% of its value since the start of the year, making it the only member of the Magnificent 7<\/a> group of mega-cap tech companies to lose ground. Investors have been concerned that Apple has been slow to bring artificial intelligence<\/a> features into its products.\u00a0 Apple shares were up about 1% ahead of the bell on Friday.\n<\/p>\n

4. FedEx Shares Gain After Company Reinstates Full-Year Outlook <\/p>\n

FedEx (FDX<\/a>) shares moved higher as the company reinstated its full-year outlook<\/a>, after suspending it in June<\/a> over tariff uncertainty. FedEx said it expects 4% to 6% revenue growth this fiscal year, above analysts’ estimates as compiled by Visible Alpha. FedEx posted adjusted earnings per share of $3.83 on revenue that climbed close to 3% to $22.2 billion in the first quarter, topping analysts’ estimates, as volumes in the U.S. rose. The shipper also said it’s on track to reduce costs by $1 billion in fiscal 2026 and spin off its freight business by next June<\/a>. FedEx shares, which had lost about a fifth of their value so far in 2025 coming into today’s session, were up about 1% in recent premarket trading, well off their earlier gains.\n<\/p>\n

5. Shares of Homebuilder Lennar Fall as Earnings Drop, Revenue Misses Expectations <\/p>\n

Homebuilder Lennar (LEN<\/a>) reported declining quarterly profits amid continued sluggishness in the U.S. housing market<\/a>. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.29 for its fiscal third quarter, above analyst estimates tracked by Visible Alpha, but lower than the $4.26 it reported in the year-ago quarter. Lennar\u2019s quarterly revenue of $8.8 billion was more than 6% lower than the year-ago quarter and below the Visible Alpha consensus. Lennar increased new orders by 12%, but it had to rely on incentives to achieve those results, sending the average sales price down to $383,000 and reducing its gross margin by 17.5%. Shares of Lennar were down nearly 3% in premarket trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stock futures are ticking higher this morning after major U.S. indexes hit another record high yesterday on the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-239256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115231760361776624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}