US Premarket Movers for May 18, 2026

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(Bloomberg) — S&P 500 Index futures fall 0.4% as of 7:37 a.m. in New York. Investors are watching bond markets to see if Friday’s surge in yields to multi-year highs would extend. 

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  • Nasdaq 100 futures are down 0.4%
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are down 0.7%
  • The MSCI World Index is down 0.1%

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Here are some of the biggest US movers before the bell:

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  • Magnificent Seven: Nvidia (NVDA) rises 0.6%, with the semiconductor giant slated to report first quarter results on Wednesday.
    • Alphabet (GOOGL) -0.6%, Microsoft (MSFT) -0.7%, Apple (AAPL) -0.6%, Meta Platforms (META) -0.8%, Amazon (AMZN) -0.8%, Tesla (TSLA) -1.5%
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) gains 8% as activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built a sizable stake in the company to boost the firm’s underperforming stock price, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
  • Dominion Energy Inc. (D) climbs 13% as NextEra Energy Inc. agreed to pay about $67 billion in stock for the company. The deal will create a giant utility extending from Florida to the data centers clustered in Virginia.
  • EchoStar (SATS) gains 3%, Rocket Lab (RKLB) rises 2% and AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) climbs 2% rise as billionaire Elon Musk said he’s back in Texas working on plans for an initial public offering of SpaceX.
  • LiveRamp (RAMP) gains 27% as Publicis Groupe SA agreed to buy online data broker for about $2.5 billion in cash, a sign of the French media firm’s continued investment in marketing technology as the advertising industry contracts.
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) falls 11% after saying a key late-stage melanoma study failed, adding to a series of challenges for the US biotech.
  • UnitedHealth (UNH) falls 3% after Berkshire Hathaway exited its stake in the health insurer.

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