US Stock Market Pre-market Key News Digest: S&P 500 on Track for Best Quarterly Performance in 6 Years, Bernstein Raises SanDisk Price Target to $3,000

2026-06-30 12:43

Odaily Planet Daily News US stock market pre-market key news digest:

1. Major US stock index futures are slightly lower. Dow Jones futures are down 0.11%, S&P 500 futures are down 0.10%, and Nasdaq 100 futures are down 0.14%. As of the previous trading day, the S&P 500 has gained 14% this quarter and is on track for its best quarterly performance in six years.

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

3. International spot gold and silver are mixed. Spot gold is down 0.07% to $4,013.60 per ounce; spot silver is up 0.15% to $58.36 per ounce.

4. Anthropic announced that its Claude large 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 re-entered a new agreement with Amazon, changing the billing method from charging by compute hour to charging by token. Amazon is expected to pay higher fees as a result.

6. Bernstein raised SanDisk's price target from $1,700 to $3,000, the highest target given by any institution so far, implying an upside of approximately 50%.

7. US nuclear power giant Exelon's CEO warned that due to pressure from growing electricity demand, the US could face blackouts as early as 2027, and that AI giants are underestimating the "headwinds ahead."