US Pre-Market 6 November 2026: Nasdaq 100 Futures +1.34% as Chip Stocks Bounce Before the Jobs Report; Cloudflare +20.44%, DraftKings -22.19%
Sentiment: mixed S&P 500 futures: +0.19%
Nasdaq 100 futures are +1.34%, S&P 500 futures +0.19% and Dow futures -0.98% at 7:21am ET on 6 November 2026, as chip stocks recover part of Thursday's 12.15% fall in SOXX.US while consumer staples slip. NET.US is +20.44% after Cloudflare grew third-quarter revenue 39% to $782.5 million. The October jobs report is due at 8:30am ET, with 65,000 jobs expected against 29,000 in September, per a Bloomberg survey cited by Yahoo Finance.
Overnight drivers
- Chip stocks: SOXX.US +5.72% and SMH.US +5.42% at 7:31am ET. SNDK.US +12.05%, LRCX.US +11.77%, MRVL.US +10.22%, MU.US +8.62%, AMD.US +8.43%, TSM.US +7.69%, AVGO.US +4.82% and NVDA.US +4.00%. The Nasdaq 100 fell 6.36% on Thursday, its worst day since March 2020, per Dow Jones.
- Data center names: DELL.US +8.74%, VRT.US +8.46%, HPE.US +7.83%, CRWV.US +10.28% and GEV.US +3.79%, after each fell between 7.48% and 14.89% on Thursday. Dow Jones tied the two-day sell-off to concern that a Democratic Congress will slow data center construction.
- Defensives: WMT.US -2.36%, COST.US -1.89%, KO.US -1.81%, PG.US -1.60% and UNH.US -1.70%. AAPL.US is -1.28% and MSFT.US -0.73%.
- Breadth: decliners lead advancers 217 to 111 among large caps at 7:31am ET. QQQ.US is +1.75%, SPY.US +0.34%, DIA.US -0.86% and RSP.US, the equal-weight S&P 500 fund, -0.06%.
- Rates and dollar: the 10-year Treasury yield closed Thursday at 4.837% and traded near 4.84% at 5:14am ET, per Dow Jones. DXY +0.42% to 101.97.
- Commodities: January Brent +0.12% to $98.41 and WTI +0.24% to $90.74. December gold -0.85% to $4,078.50 and silver -0.56% to $52.09. Bitcoin -4.27% to $76,192.
- VIX: 26.84, down 4.75% from Thursday's 28.18 close.
Overnight Asia and Europe
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed -5.96% at 57,434.77 on 6 November 2026, its fifth straight fall and its first close below 60,000 in nearly six months, per The Private Banker. SoftBank Group fell 10.83% and Tokyo Electron 5.60%.
South Korea's KOSPI closed -6.02% at 5,059.69 after an opening drop of more than 8% triggered a 20-minute trading halt, per WION. SK hynix fell 10.44% and Samsung Electronics 6.35%. Taiwan's Taiex closed -4.51% at 39,701.64 with TSMC -4.69%. The Hang Seng fell 1.27% to 24,481.86 and Shanghai 1.10% to 3,649.18. WION reported that voters in 10 states decided 41 local data center measures, nearly all against the industry.
The STOXX 600 is -1.72% at 643.61 at 7:16am ET, with the DAX -2.34% at 25,709.21, the FTSE 100 -2.18% at 10,547.17 and the CAC 40 -1.71%. SAP.US is -3.65% in New York pre-market.
Pre-market movers
FROG.US leads the names below at +22.69% at 7:31am ET on 6 November 2026, and DKNG.US falls furthest at -22.19%.
| Ticker | Pre-market | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| FROG.US | +22.69% | Q3 revenue +30.9% to $179.2 million |
| NET.US | +20.44% | Q3 revenue +39% to $782.5 million against about $736.8 million expected |
| IREN.US | +17.58% | Q1 revenue $228 million against about $221 million; AI cloud revenue $200 million |
| ABNB.US | +12.26% | Q3 revenue +19% to $4.87 billion; $12 billion buyback |
| LITE.US | +10.08% | Optical names bounced; COHR.US +10.05% after -12.98% on Thursday |
| AAOI.US | +5.76% | Revenue +127.5% to $269.9 million; supply deal worth $1 billion to $1.5 billion |
| APP.US | -1.17% | Rose 31.04% on Thursday after a Q4 guide above estimates |
| MNST.US | -5.08% | Q3 sales +16.7% to $2.56 billion; gross margin 54.7% against 55.7% |
| NTRA.US | -16.13% | Q3 EPS -$0.42 against -$0.28 expected; new chief executive |
| FIVN.US | -17.72% | Q4 adjusted EPS guide $0.88 to $0.92, below estimates |
| TEAM.US | -17.84% | Subscription growth outlook about 18.5%, down from 23%, per Investing.com |
| DKNG.US | -22.19% | 2026 revenue guide $6.35 billion to $6.55 billion against $6.66 billion |
US economic calendar today (ET)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the October employment report at 8:30am ET on 6 November 2026, after September payrolls rose 29,000.
- 8:30am: nonfarm payrolls, 65,000 expected in a Bloomberg survey; private payrolls rose 46,000 in September.
- 8:30am: unemployment rate, 4.2% expected and prior.
- 8:30am: average hourly earnings, +0.3% month on month expected against +0.1% prior.
- 10:00am: University of Michigan sentiment, November preliminary, against 48 in October; one-year inflation expectations were 4.7%.
- 1:00pm: Baker Hughes rig count.
Thursday on Wall Street
The S&P 500 closed at 7,353.73 on 5 November 2026, down 4.36%, as chip and data center stocks fell for a second day.
- S&P 500: 7,353.73 (-4.36%)
- Nasdaq: 24,315.00 (-5.52%)
- Dow: 51,523.06 (-3.44%)
- Russell 2000: 2,729.89 (-4.45%)
- VIX: 28.18 at the close, now 26.84
Russell 2000 futures are +0.17% this morning.
What to watch
- Fri 6 Nov, 8:30am ET: October payrolls, wages and the unemployment rate, one session after the Nasdaq entered correction territory.
- Fri 6 Nov, before the open: MRNA.US, VST.US, CHTR.US, HUM.US, ENB.US and BAM.US report. VST.US is +4.78% and CHTR.US -4.47% before the releases.
- Fri 6 Nov, 10:00am ET: University of Michigan sentiment and inflation expectations.
- Mon 9 Nov, 1:00pm ET: $58 billion 3-year note auction.
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