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⚡ 5 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW — BEFORE THE BELL

1. 🛢️ Brent crude +4.6% to $98.44, WTI +3.8% to $90.14 — Houthi rebels struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea overnight, the highest oil levels since late May.

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🌍 MACRO BACKDROP — THE BIG PICTURE

Wednesday's session was a holding pattern: the Dow fell 0.01% to 52,219.35, the Nasdaq dropped 0.57% to 25,690.90, and the S&P 500 declined 0.14% to 7,499.04, with the market pinned ahead of GOOGL and TSLA earnings after the close. That quiet gave way to a genuinely violent overnight energy move: Brent crude futures gained 4.6% to $98.44 per barrel by 5:30am ET, their highest level since late May, while WTI advanced roughly 3.8% to $90.14, the highest since June 8, after Yemen's Houthis struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. SEC.govBloomberg

The overnight narrative shift is a rotation, not a rout: Asian markets are already shrugging it off, with the KOSPI up 3.41% and the Nikkei up over 0.5% in early Thursday trading, suggesting the initial fear premium may fade if there's no confirmed physical supply disruption. Meanwhile Big Tech is digesting a genuine capex reckoning — Alphabet's free cash flow turned deeply negative at -$5.9B as capex hit a record $44.9B, with full-year guidance raised to $195–205B, and Tesla shares slid about 4% in extended trading after weaker-than-expected earnings despite topping revenue estimates. [GOOGL Q2 2026 Earnings Call] Alphabet Revenue Soars 24% as Cloud Growth Explodes 82%, But Record $45B Capex Sinks Cash Flow — BigGo Finance +2

This is a HEADLINE-DEPENDENT session. Energy has the real catalyst; tech has a valuation gut-check. Trade the confirmed data, not the panic.

🗓️ TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR

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🤖 STOCK MARKET NEWS — SECTOR BY SECTOR

🔥 HOT SECTOR #1: ENERGY 🛢️

Geopolitical Supply Shock Ignites the Complex

Oil prices rose sharply in post-settlement trading Wednesday, with Brent rising near $95 a barrel after Yemen's Houthi rebels said they struck two Saudi tankers, and that move extended overnight to $98.44. Saudi Arabia's crude exports fell for a third straight month in May to a record low, and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium has stopped receiving Kazakh oil after attacks on its Black Sea terminal — meaning multiple supply channels are under simultaneous pressure, not just one headline. tradingeconomicstradingeconomics

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