ES and NQ (and others!) are open on Globex, both are up

The new week for US equity index futures has begun: S&P 500 eminis +0.15%,Nasdaq futures +0.2%

US equity index futures are about to open - to HUGE news ... not in a good way. Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of the revenues from chip sales in China reports the Financial Times.

Quants chase S&P 500 momentum (up ~30% from April), while humans trim exposure amid uncertainty. Divergence signals potential snapback.

Japan is on Mountain Day holiday today - markets are closed. US bond trade impacted.

Reports that Nvidia & AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US govmt. US index futures open for trading at 6pm US Eastern time, 10pm GMT. Sales to China will be a tailwind for these stocks, the RICO extortion, not so much.

Nvidia & AMD pay 15% to US on China sales; licenses clear exports, avoiding billion-dollar hits. Market watches AI chip share.

Experts say Russia's president wants to keep communication open with the US leader, but has no intention of winding down the war at the moment