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With U.S. stock markets set to open in two hours, Westlake Corp. $(WLK)$ was up 15.2% in pre-market trading, and Core & Main Inc. $(CNM)$ was up 6.0%.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(MIRM)$, CVR Energy Inc. $(CVI)$, and IDEX Corp. (IEX) were all posting gains of at least 4%. In early trading, Urban Outfitters Inc. $(URBN)$ and Primo Brands Corp. (PRMB) had posted declines, falling 8.7% and 7.1%, respectively.

Meanwhile S&P 500 futures were up 0.06%, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10%. The Cboe Volatility Index futures were down 2.96%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.08%, and gold futures were down 0.47%. Bitcoin slipped 0.35% to $83,287.

The 10-Year Treasury yield held steady at 5.237%.

In the previous regular trading session, the S&P 500 and the Dow were up 0.59% and 0.83%, respectively. In Asia overnight, China's Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.43%.

In afternoon trading, stocks in Europe are up, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index climbing 0.58% and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.73% from the previous close.

U.S. stock markets open for trading at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 12, 2026.