By Twesha Dikshit and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Wednesday, as investors retreated from AI-linked stocks for a second day on concerns over ballooning valuations and awaited economic data for signs on the health of the U.S. labor market. The futures, however, pointed to less severe losses at market open compared with Tuesday when the...

08:14 AM EST, 11/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was down 0.2% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.3% lower in Wednesday's premarket activity, ahead of the ADP jobs report. US stock futures were mixed, with S&P 500 Index futures down 0.1%, Dow Jones Industrial Average...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures down: Dow 0.06%, S&P 500 0.28%, Nasdaq 0.45% * SMCI falls after missing Q1 revenue, profit estimates * Pinterest ( PINS ) slides after downbeat quarterly revenue forecast (Updates with earnings, prices) By Twesha Dikshit and Purvi Agarwal...

07:42 AM EST, 11/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Electra Battery Materials ( ELBM ) traded 6% higher at last look Wednesday in Nasdaq pre-market trading as the company resumed construction of its cobalt sulfate refinery in Ontario after securing US$82 million in project financing. The funds include $48 million in support from the U.S., Canadian and Ontario governments, Electra said. The...