ICE EUA FUTURES TECHS: (25) Bullish Outlook

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Given that the Nasdaq futures and the Emini are recording new record highs, expect Cash Markets to gap higher.

• Calls: SPX: 6,900.8 (+0.4%); DJIA: 47,888 (+0.7%/+343pts); NDX: 25,935.1 (+0.4%).

Microsoft is up 3.46% pre Open.

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• President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed a minerals deal and a document purporting to offer more clarity on a USD$550 billion investment pledge.
• Vice President JD Vance will join the Senate Republican weekly lunch today, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) sceptical that one-off supplemental funding bills to pay troops and air traffic controllers is the optimum strategy to pressure Democrats to reopen the government.
• An adviser to the Chinese government expects the US to loosen export controls in return for rare earth concessions.
• Trump’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, is already having an impact on the Russian economy.
• Argentinian President Javier Milei’s strong performance in Sunday’s midterm elections has bolstered the Trump administration's foreign policy strategy.
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will deliver a keynote address to the Nvidia Artificial Intelligence Summit in Washington, DC, today.
• Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) are unlikely to force a Senate vote this week on their war powers resolution, which would block further military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats without Congressional approval.
• Poll of the Day: There is still no sign that the US government shutdown is weighing on Trump’s approval rating. But that may change in the coming days as the shutdown extends beyond the November 1 cliff for SNAP benefits.

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