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Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures Mixed Pre-Bell Friday Amid Renewed US-Iran Tensions Ahead of Q2 Earnings Season
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Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures Mixed Pre-Bell Friday Amid Renewed US-Iran Tensions Ahead of Q2 Earnings Season
Jul 10, 2026 6:38 AM

09:07 AM EDT, 07/10/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.03%, and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) retreated by 0.4% in Friday's premarket activity, as markets traded mixed amid renewed US-Iran tensions ahead of the Q2 earnings season.

US stock futures were also mixed, with S&P 500 Index futures down 0.1%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gaining 0.1%, and Nasdaq futures retreating 0.5% before the start of regular trading.

In premarket action, bitcoin was up by 1.9%. Among cryptocurrency ETFs, the cryptocurrency fund ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) was 2.1% higher, Ether ETF (EETH) advanced 3.4%, and Bitcoin & Ether Market Cap Weight ETF (BETH) gained 1.9%.

Power Play:

Financial

The State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) advanced 0.6%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 1.4%, while its bearish counterpart, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ), was 1.3% lower.

Circle Internet Group ( CRCL ) shares traded up 13% in early hours activity after the company said it received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, which will operate under the name Circle National Trust.

Winners and Losers:

Industrial

The State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLI ) advanced 0.3%, the Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ( VIS ) was flat, and the iShares US Industrials ETF ( IYJ ) was inactive.

EquipmentShare.com ( EQPT ) stock was up more than 10% before the opening bell after the company said late Thursday it now expects revenue to be in a range of $5.25 billion to $5.68 billion for 2026, up from its previous guidance of $5.15 billion to $5.58 billion.

Health Care

The State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) advanced 0.4%, the Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ( VHT ) was up 0.6%, while the iShares US Healthcare ETF ( IYH ) slipped 1.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 0.1% higher.

Mesoblast (MESO) stock was up more than 4% premarket after the company reported late Thursday that sales of its steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease treatment, Ryoncil, totaled $36 million in fiscal Q4.

Technology

The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) retreated 0.6%, and the iShares US Technology ETF ( IYW ) was 0.02% lower, while the iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF ( IGM ) was flat. Among semiconductor ETFs, the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) fell 1.8%, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) was down 1.6%.

ChipMOS Technologies ( IMOS ) shares were up more than 3% in premarket activity after the company said that its Q2 revenue rose 28.7% year over year to 7.38 billion New Taiwan dollars ($231.8 million), marking its highest quarterly revenue since 2014.

Consumer

The State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) was up 0.1%, the Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares (VDC) was flat, and the iShares US Consumer Staples ETF ( IYK ) was down 0.5%. The State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) advanced 0.1%. The VanEck Retail ETF ( RTH ) was inactive, while the State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) was 0.3% higher.

XPeng ( XPEV ) shares were up 1% pre-bell after the company said it has started employee testing of its Robotaxi platform.

Energy

The iShares US Energy ETF ( IYE ) was flat, while the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLE ) was up by 0.5%.

BW LPG ( BWLP ) stock was up more than 1% before market open after the company said its BW LPG India subsidiary has agreed to sell BW Elm vessel to an unnamed buyer for cash proceeds of $64 million.

Commodities

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil advanced by 0.4% to $72.33 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas was down by 1.4% to $2.97 per 1 million British Thermal Units. The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) retreated by 0.4%, while the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was 1.6% lower.

Gold futures for July fell 0.8% to $4,107.70 an ounce on the Comex. Silver futures retreated by 1.3% to $59.95 an ounce. SPDR Gold Shares ( GLD ) decreased 0.5%, and the iShares Silver Trust ( SLV ) was 0.5% lower.

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