News Bulletin
Monday, March 16^th2026
Morning Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time	Event	Actual	Forecast
8:45	NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (Mar)	4	7.1
9:00	Industrial Production (YoY) (Feb)		0.0228
9:00	Industrial Production (MoM) (Feb)	0.001	0.007
9:00	Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Feb)	0.001	0.006
9:00	Capacity Utilization Rate (Feb)	0.762	0.762
10:00	NAHB Housing Market Index (Mar)	37	36
11:00	Dallas Fed PCE (Jan)		0.022
11:30	6-Month Bill Auction		0.03535
11:30	3-Month Bill Auction		0.03605

Indices

	CLOSE	50 DMA	200 DMA
DJIA	46,559.83	48,985.65	46,461.19
NASDAQ	22,105.36	23,087.06	22,175.36
S&P 500	6,632.19	6,884.21	6,604.08

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap : market Capital/ BMO : Before Market Opening /AMC : After Market Close)

Company	EPS	Consensus	Previous	Revenue	Consensus	Previous	MarketCap	Fiscal	Time
Dollar Tree DLTR:US		2.53	2.29		5.46B	5B	$24.29B	Q4	AM
Science Applications International SAIC:US		1.91	2.57		1.77B	1.84B	$5.26B	Q4	AM
Semtech SMTC:US		0.44	0.4		265.9M	251M	$4.54B	Q4	PM

Market News:

U.S. stock futures pointed higher on Monday, with investors assessing an ongoing U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran which is entering its third week.

Here are some of the biggest premarket U.S. stock movers today:

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on several countries to help Washington reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, in comments to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, Trump did not say if any have agreed to his request.

Meta is considering major layoffs that could affect more than a fifth of its workforce as the company ramps up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure, Reuters reported over the weekend, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the Facebook-owner climbed before the start of U.S. trading.

Sable Offshore jumped by more than 6.4% after the company was directed by Energy Secretary Chris Wright to reopen operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and the Santa Ynez Pipeline System in California.

Oil giants Chevron and Exxon Mobil were slightly higher amid whipsaw trading in crude markets.

Nvidia shares ticked higher ahead of a much-anticipated speech by CEO Jensen Huang at the artificial intelligence semiconductor group's annual developers conference.

CF Industries shares dipped after analysts at Scotiabank said the stock's valuation looked "overstretched" due to a rally in fertilizer stocks since the outset of the Iran fighting.

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