US Pre-Market 9 November 2026: Dow Futures +0.95% as Oil Falls 3%; Nvidia -5.76% After Board Opens Probe of CEO
Sentiment: mixed S&P 500 futures: +0.59%
Dow futures are +0.95%, S&P 500 futures +0.59% and Nasdaq 100 futures +0.47% at 7:20am ET on 9 November 2026, after a week in which the S&P 500 fell 2.68%. NVDA.US is -5.76% at 7:33am ET after Nvidia's board opened an independent investigation into chief executive Jensen Huang, which holds Nasdaq 100 futures behind the Dow. WTI fell 2.93% to $88.17 after President Trump said he was unlikely to order further strikes on Iran, per Stocktwits, and October CPI is due at 8:30am ET on Tuesday.
Overnight drivers
- NVDA.US -5.76% to $175.89 from Friday's $186.64 close. Nvidia said on Sunday, 8 November, that its board opened the review after reports in The New York Times and the Financial Times that US intelligence agencies identified a businesswoman linked to Huang as a Chinese spy, per CNBC. Huang told staff he had an affair and supports the review; China's Foreign Ministry called the spy account unsubstantiated. Nvidia reports third-quarter results on 17 November.
- Other chip stocks rose: AMD.US +4.67% after an Oppenheimer upgrade, per TipRanks; ASML.US +3.30%, TSM.US +1.54% and SOXX.US +0.57%. Dan Ives of Wedbush called the probe "a black eye moment" for Huang, per CNBC.
- Large tech gains: AMZN.US +3.20%, GOOGL.US +2.76%, META.US +2.64%, MSFT.US +2.15% and AAPL.US +0.61%. QQQ.US is +0.63%.
- Breadth: 266 large caps are higher before the open and 49 lower, out of 318 with a pre-market price at 7:31am ET.
- Oil: January Brent -3.57% to $94.81 and December WTI -2.93% to $88.17. Brent fell 17% last week, its steepest weekly drop since the start of the pandemic, per Stocktwits. UAL.US is +3.97% and DAL.US +3.22%.
- Metals: December gold +1.16% to $4,122, silver +1.57% to $52.76 and copper +1.60% to $6.337 a pound. FCX.US +3.33% and SCCO.US +3.83%.
- Rates, dollar and crypto: the 10-year Treasury yield closed Friday at 4.859%, after payrolls rose 165,000 against 65,000 expected. DXY -0.42% to 101.87. Bitcoin -1.46% to $74,759, after it fell below $74,000 over the weekend, its lowest since August, per CNBC. MSTR.US is -3.05%.
- VIX: 23.50, down 8.34%.
Overnight Asia and Europe
Taiwan's Taiex closed +4.94% at 41,661.70 on 9 November 2026, its largest one-day gain since 31 July, per CNBC, after the National Stabilization Fund and the Financial Supervisory Commission moved to support the market, per Bloomberg. TSMC rose 4.68% and MediaTek 9.88%. ASX.US, the New York listing of ASE Technology, is +5.26% before the open.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed +2.33% at 58,775.50 and the Topix +2.97%. Tokyo Electron gained 2.77% and SoftBank Group fell 4.20%. South Korea's KOSPI fell 0.81% to 5,018.85. The Hang Seng closed -0.13% at 24,448.95 and Shanghai +0.32% at 3,660.79. China's producer prices rose 5.7% in October against 5.3% expected, and consumer inflation slowed to 0.7%, per CNBC.
The STOXX 600 is +0.89% at 654.11 at 7:16am ET, with the DAX +1.00% at 26,077.76, the CAC 40 +0.68% and the FTSE 100 +0.65%. UniCredit rose 4.7% after third-quarter net profit grew 24% to 3.3 billion euros, per CNBC. SAP.US is +3.17% after JPMorgan upgraded it to Overweight, per Yahoo Finance.
Pre-market movers
ASX.US leads the names below at +5.26% at 7:32am ET on 9 November 2026, and NVDA.US falls furthest at -5.76%.
| Ticker | Pre-market | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| ASX.US | +5.26% | Taiex +4.94% on state market support measures |
| AMD.US | +4.67% | Oppenheimer upgrade, per TipRanks |
| UAL.US | +3.97% | WTI -2.93% to $88.17 |
| SCCO.US | +3.83% | Copper +1.60% to $6.337 a pound |
| AMZN.US | +3.20% | Rose with large tech after a 2.68% weekly S&P 500 fall |
| SAP.US | +3.17% | JPMorgan upgrade to Overweight |
| MSTR.US | -3.05% | Bitcoin -1.46% to $74,759 |
| CRWV.US | -3.64% | Reports on 10 November; debt load in focus, per Stocktwits |
| NVDA.US | -5.76% | Board probe of CEO Jensen Huang |
US economic calendar today (ET)
The New York Fed publishes its October Survey of Consumer Expectations at 11:00am ET on 9 November 2026, after one-year inflation expectations of 3.9% in September, per Yahoo Finance.
- 10:00am: wholesale inventories for September.
- 11:00am: New York Fed one-year inflation expectations, 3.9% prior.
- Before the open: KKR.US (+2.08%) and CEG.US (+2.78%) report, along with MNDY.US (-5.32%).
- After the close: TTWO.US and OXY.US report.
Friday on Wall Street
The S&P 500 closed at 7,376.86 on 6 November 2026, up 0.31%, as chip stocks recovered part of Thursday's fall and payrolls beat estimates.
- S&P 500: 7,376.86 (+0.31%)
- Nasdaq: 24,579.42 (+1.09%)
- Dow: 51,285.73 (-0.46%)
- Russell 2000: 2,754.11 (+0.89%)
- VIX: 25.64 at the close, now 23.50
Russell 2000 futures are +1.23% this morning, ahead of the other three index contracts.
What to watch
- Tue 10 Nov, 8:30am ET: October CPI, the first inflation print after payrolls rose 165,000.
- Tue 10 Nov, after the close: CRWV.US third-quarter results; Stocktwits cites a Koyfin consensus of revenue up 160% to $3.54 billion.
- Thu 12 Nov, after the close: CSCO.US results.
- Fri 13 Nov, 8:30am ET: October producer prices.
- Tue 17 Nov, after the close: NVDA.US third-quarter results, the first report since the board review began.
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