Stocks Rise Pre-Bell Following Tech Selloff
07:48 AM EDT, 10/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures pointed higher before the open Friday following a selloff in technology shares in the previous session, while investors await major earnings reports scheduled for next week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.8% in premarket activity. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed the previous trading session down for the second straight day, while the Dow finished green. Major technology stocks fell Thursday following a report from the Financial Times that OpenAI's annualized revenue stood at roughly $50 billion in September, below prior investor estimates of $70 billion. Nvidia (NVDA) closed Thursday down 2.9%, while Oracle (ORCL), Micron Technology (MU) and Broadcom (AVGO) fell 5.5%, 4.8% and 4.4%, respectively. Nvidia and Micron rebounded in Friday's premarket trading as Bloomberg reported that OpenAI expects to reach or exceed $70 billion in annualized revenue by year-end, citing people familiar with the matter. Wall Street's banking heavyweights, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C), are expected to release their third-quarter results next week, along with major healthcare corporations such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and UnitedHealth (UNH). Investors will also be eyeing fresh inflation data due next week, including September consumer price index and wholesale producer price data. Treasury yields were trending higher early Friday, with the two-year rate inclining 3.3 basis points to 4.79% and the 10-year rate gaining 2.2 basis points to 5.26%. In a social media post on Thursday, President Donald Trump said the US won't be launching strikes against Iran at any time before the mid-term elections next month. Trump added that his administration is having "productive discussions" with Tehran. Trump's post comes after NBC News reported earlier in the week that Trump and his national security
MT newswire•2026-10-09 11:48