Swingfolio Daily — US Markets
US briefings — Thursday, September 24, 2026
Pre-market setup and closing-bell recap for Thursday, September 24, 2026. Observations only — no trade advice.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
US Futures Slip as 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level Since 2004
S&P 500 futures are down 0.44% and Nasdaq futures are off 0.84% Thursday premarket after the 30-year Treasury yield surged to 5.39%, its highest level since July 2004, on a hotter than expected flash PMI reading. Micron and SanDisk fall premarket while Western Digital diverges higher, and jobless claims land at 8:30am ET.
US Close 24 September 2026: S&P 500 Flat at 7,704 as a Genomics Surge Offsets a 5.16% 10-Year Yield
The S&P 500 finished 24 September 2026 at 7,704.13, down 1.90 points or 0.02%, with the Nasdaq up 0.01% and the Dow down 0.31%. Genomics and life-science tools carried the session: TWST.US +16.11%, GRAL.US +15.38%, CDNA.US +13.00%, and the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF +5.13%. Against that, the 10-year Treasury yield settled at 5.162% after touching 5.18%, KGC.US fell 11.59% on a production-guidance cut, and ARM.US lost 7.88%. COST.US reported fiscal Q4 after the bell with net sales up 11.2% to $93.9 billion and EPS of $6.75 against $6.48 expected.