Episode 2026-06-12

You're listening to 7 Horns AI — your AI-powered market update. Good morning, and welcome to our pre-market briefing for Friday, June twelfth, twenty twenty-six. Overnight, Asian markets traded strongly, building on Thursday's robust US session. The Nikkei two two five in Japan rose a notable three point three eight percent, closing around sixty-six thousand four hundred, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced two point zero three percent to about twenty-four thousand seven hundred fifty. This positive momentum from Asia sets a constructive tone for US markets this morning. Our proxy for Japanese equities, the E W J E T F, closed Thursday up three point two four percent and is showing an additional pre-market gain of zero point four four percent. Similarly, the F X I E T F, representing Chinese equities, closed up zero point four six percent and is indicating a further one point two percent rise in pre-market, partially reflecting Hong Kong's Friday rally. Looking at US futures this morning, they are pointing to a modestly positive open, extending yesterday's gains. S&P five hundred futures are currently up zero point six three percent, Nasdaq one hundred futures are higher by zero point five four percent, and Dow futures show a rise of zero point eight three percent. This constructive tone is also evident in the pre-market E T Fs, with S P Y up zero point six one percent, Q Q Q up zero point four nine percent, and D I A gaining zero point nine one percent. In Europe, th