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U.S. stock futures advance ahead of the open, Nasdaq contracts outpacing S&P 500

8/3/2026

Global equity risk appetite is tilting toward buyers in the United States pre-session, with futures markets pointing to a firmer open.

S&P 500 futures are up 0.6 percent, while Nasdaq futures are rising 1.0 percent, with the technology-weighted contract pulling ahead of the broader benchmark.

Technology-linked contracts lead the way The spread between the two futures readings carries the most information in this print.

Nasdaq advancing 1.0 percent against the S&P 500's 0.6 percent gain is a four-tenths of a percentage point gap that reflects early-session positioning in growth-oriented, higher-beta names.

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