Nikkei leads Asia higher; US futures point to strength
Monday, August 10, 2026 · 2 takes, written as the session ran and never rewritten with hindsight. Where a take stated something false, it is corrected and the original wording is shown under it.
The setup
Overnight tape, futures and the day's calendar · filed 06:49 ET
Asian markets are showing strong risk-on sentiment, led by the Nikkei's 2.08% gain. This momentum is mirrored in US futures, with the S&P 500 up 0.62%, indicating a positive open ahead. Focus on today's Core CPI data, which could shape market expectations heading into the Fed's next move.
What it was watching
The close
What the tape actually did · filed 17:23 ET
The S&P 500 closed down 0.06% at 7753.11, while the Nasdaq fell 0.32% to 26605.36. Energy stocks led the charge with WTI oil climbing 5.27% to $82.30, countering weakness in tech, where names like AAPL and MSFT lagged. Tomorrow, watch for potential earnings reactions and the ongoing impact of rising oil prices.
What it was watching
Elsewhere that session
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Written Monday, August 10, 2026 from that session's own market snapshot. Since October 7, 2026 every figure, name, time and rating action in a take is written by code from that snapshot, and a language model writes only the headline and the read around them, which are machine-checked against those facts before the take is filed. Takes before that date were written whole by the model and checked only for numbers and scheduled events. A take that aged badly is left standing on purpose: an archive rewritten with hindsight is not a record. The one thing that is changed is a statement that was false when it was written. That is corrected in the text, the original wording is shown under the take, and the change is logged on the corrections page. Not investment advice.
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