U.S. stock market pre-market highlights: S&P 500 on track for best quarterly performance in 6 years, Bernstein raises SanDisk target price to $3,000

2026-06-30 12:43

Odaily reported a roundup of U.S. stock market pre-market highlights:

1. The three major U.S. stock index futures edged lower. Dow Jones futures fell 0.11%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.10%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.14%. As of the previous trading day, the S&P 500 has risen 14% this quarter, on track for its best quarterly performance in six years.

2. International oil prices edged higher. WTI crude oil futures rose 0.49% to $71.096 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures rose 0.66% to $74.399 per barrel.

3. International spot gold and silver prices were mixed. Spot gold fell 0.07% to $4,013.60 per ounce; spot silver rose 0.15% to $58.36 per ounce.

4. Anthropic announced that its Claude large language model is now fully available on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, with underlying computing power provided by Nvidia GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs.

5. Anthropic has reached a new agreement with Amazon, changing the billing model from charging per computing hour to charging per token. Amazon may end up paying higher fees for this.

6. Bernstein raised its target price for SanDisk from $1,700 to $3,000, the highest target price given by any institution to date, implying approximately 50% upside.

7. Exelon, a leading U.S. nuclear power company, warned that due to pressure from growing electricity demand, the U.S. could face blackouts as early as 2027, and AI giants have underestimated the "headwinds ahead."