Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Futures Rise Ahead of Apple, Palantir Earnings

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Nov 2, 2026
U.S. stocks rose on Monday as the Dow Jones,
S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 index futures advanced
following Friday's lower close.
President Donald Trump said Sunday
that the U.S. has already won in Iran and will wrap
up the war soon, either through a deal with Tehran
or by ending it on its own.
Ahead of Tuesday's midterms, he told Right Side Broadcasting Network
before a campaign rally in Iowa on Sunday that we've had such a victory
and that the U.S. will put it away very soon, one way or the other.
Separately, Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei criticized
European governments over the economic fallout of the Iran war.
After German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said
Europe had incurred more than 100 billion euros,
around 112 billion dollars,
in additional energy costs over the past eight months because of the
conflict. Meanwhile, the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.91 percent
and the two-year treasury
bond yielded 4.59 percent at the last check.
The CME Group's FedWatch tool projections
show markets pricing in a 72.9% likelihood.
of the Federal Reserve hiking interest
rates after its December meeting.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF,
and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
were higher in pre-market trading on Monday.
The SPY was up 0.48% at $759.31.
The QQQ advanced 0.88% to $696.59
And the DIA rose 0.43% to $519.34.
Stocks in focus for today are Ryanair Holdings
was 0.73% higher in pre-market trading on Monday
after it reported second quarter 2027 earnings before the opening bell,
beating estimates with EPS of $3.54 versus $3.49
and revenue of $6.56 billion.
versus $6.47 billion.
United States Lime
and Minerals was 1.08% lower in pre-market trading on Monday
after it reported third quarter 2026 earnings.
Missing estimates with EPS of $1.32 versus $1.48
and revenue of $106.19 million versus $122 million.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals was 217.90% higher
in pre-market trading on Monday after the
FDA granted accelerated approval for Voseric
for the treatment of adults with recurrent
respiratory papillomatosis.
Apple was 0.41% lower in pre-market trading
on Monday as analysts expect fourth quarter
2026 EPS of $1.99.
On revenue of $113.38 billion after the closing bell.
Palantir Technologies was 1.47% higher in pre-market trading on Monday,
as analysts expect third quarter 2026 EPS of $0.41
on revenue of $2.18 billion after the closing bell.
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