What time does premarket trading start?

Pre-market trading on Nasdaq runs from 4:00am to 9:30am ET, when the regular session opens. Most brokers open their own pre-market window later, often 7:00am or 8:00am ET, and volume stays thin until about 8:00am. Index futures trade almost around the clock: CME Globex opens Sunday at 6:00pm ET and runs to Friday 5:00pm ET, with a daily break from 5:00pm to 6:00pm ET.

What do stock futures say about the open?

S&P 500 futures are the market’s guess at where the index will open, made by traders who can deal overnight when the cash market cannot. A move in the futures before 9:30am ET usually shows up in the first prints of the S&P 500, which is why the morning shows quote them. It is a read on the open, not on the close: the futures at 8:30am can be up and the index can finish the day down, and the 8:30am data releases, which land an hour before the bell, routinely reverse them.

Where do the premarket movers come from?

The movers are every company on our map of the 500 largest US stocks and every Nasdaq 100 company, ranked by its pre-market move against the prior close, from the same delayed quote feed that colors the heatmap. After 4:00pm ET the same list ranks after-hours moves against that day’s close, and once the extended session ends it ranks the last regular session. The list only appears once at least fifty names have printed, because ranking a handful of early trades as “the movers” would mislead.

What is on the calendar today?

2 companies report, before the open ABBV, CVX.

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Stock Futures and the Day’s Movers

The morning check on one page: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow and Russell 2000 futures, the VIX, the 10-year yield, oil and gold, the names moving before the bell across the 500 largest US stocks and the Nasdaq 100, a countdown to the open, and today’s schedule. Every figure says which session it belongs to.

Are stock futures up or down right now?

The SPY ETF is down 1.5% at 11:50am ET, and S&P 500 futures are down 1.6%. Nasdaq 100 futures are down 3.1%, Dow futures down 0.76% and Russell 2000 futures down 1.7%.

Futures quotes are delayed about ten minutes and measured against the previous settlement.

Index futures

As of 12:00pm ET · delayed 10 min

S&P 500 futures
7,631
-1.59%-123 pts
E-mini S&P 500, front month
Nasdaq 100 futures
28,648
-3.09%-914 pts
E-mini Nasdaq 100, front month
Dow futures
52,112
-0.76%-400 pts
E-mini Dow, front month
Russell 2000 futures
2,819
-1.67%-48 pts
E-mini Russell 2000, front month

VIX
20.06
+16.65%
10-year yield
4.945%
-0.88%
WTI crude
$104.07
+2.03%
Gold
$3,907
-3.08%
Bitcoin
$77,423
-5.23%

Biggest movers

500 largest US + Nasdaq 100 · Today’s session so far · vs the prior close · as of 12:00:34pm ET · 223 up, 284 down of 507

Stock market heatmap →Nasdaq 100 →

Gainers

REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals913.48+11.57%
VLTOVeralto113.54+9.11%
CBOECboe Global Markets337.32+7.34%
TMUST-Mobile US157.59+6.99%
DXCMDexcom84.09+5.20%
RIVNRivian Automotive, Inc.12.02+4.93%
CTSHCognizant65.47+4.72%
RKTRocket Companies, Inc.12.48+4.70%

Losers

INTCIntel65.18-29.21%
RDDTReddit92.76-28.44%
RBLXRoblox Corporation42.15-19.65%
ILMNIllumina, Inc.238.19-17.88%
TWLOTwilio Inc.201.86-16.55%
COHRCoherent Corp.205.56-13.35%
COINCoinbase140.21-12.69%
DDOGDatadog232.65-12.48%

Ranked across the 500 largest US stocks and the Nasdaq 100 only. A ticker links to its hub where this site covers it. Extended-hours prints are thin and can gap on a single trade; the size of a move before the bell says less than the same move at 10:00am.

Until the close

OpenRegular session · Friday, October 30 · New York

Yes. The market is open, and closes at 4:00pm ET.

Closes in—Closes 4:00pm ET

4:00am9:30am4:00pm8:00pm

Pre-marketRegular sessionAfter hours

Today’s schedule, in ET

Before the open
EarningsABBV · AbbVie
EPS $3.78 est., revenue $17.3bn est., options imply ±4.8%
Before the open
EarningsCVX · Chevron Corporation
EPS $4.83 est., revenue $61.6bn est., options imply ±3.9%
9:30am ET
MarketMarket opens
Regular session begins on the NYSE and Nasdaq.
4:00pm ET
MarketMarket closes
Regular session ends; after-hours trading runs to 8:00pm ET.

The full day, with the rest of the week, is on the today page; every earnings date is on the earnings calendar.

Are stock futures up or down right now?: The SPY ETF is down 1.5% at 11:50am ET, and S&P 500 futures are down 1.6%. Nasdaq 100 futures are down 3.1%, Dow futures down 0.76% and Russell 2000 futures down 1.7%.
What time does premarket trading start?: Pre-market trading on Nasdaq runs from 4:00am to 9:30am ET, when the regular session opens. Most brokers open their own pre-market window later, often 7:00am or 8:00am ET, and volume stays thin until about 8:00am. Index futures trade almost around the clock: CME Globex opens Sunday at 6:00pm ET and runs to Friday 5:00pm ET, with a daily break from 5:00pm to 6:00pm ET.
What do stock futures say about the open?: S&P 500 futures are the market’s guess at where the index will open, made by traders who can deal overnight when the cash market cannot. A move in the futures before 9:30am ET usually shows up in the first prints of the S&P 500, which is why the morning shows quote them. It is a read on the open, not on the close: the futures at 8:30am can be up and the index can finish the day down, and the 8:30am data releases, which land an hour before the bell, routinely reverse them.
Where do the premarket movers come from?: The movers are every company on our map of the 500 largest US stocks and every Nasdaq 100 company, ranked by its pre-market move against the prior close, from the same delayed quote feed that colors the heatmap. After 4:00pm ET the same list ranks after-hours moves against that day’s close, and once the extended session ends it ranks the last regular session. The list only appears once at least fifty names have printed, because ranking a handful of early trades as “the movers” would mislead.
Is the stock market open today?: Yes. The market is open, and closes at 4:00pm ET.
What is on the calendar today?: 2 companies report, before the open ABBV, CVX.

Futures, index and stock quotes are delayed feeds from Yahoo Finance, refreshed about once a minute; futures run roughly ten minutes behind the exchange. Earnings dates and macro times from the site’s verified calendar, last checked 2026-10-25; market hours and holidays from the NYSE and Nasdaq calendars. Maintained by Atul Ghandhi. Times are Eastern. Nothing here is a recommendation.