Episode 2026-06-18

You're listening to Seven Horns AI — your AI-powered market update. Good morning. Today is Thursday, June eighteenth, twenty twenty-six, and we are looking at the pre-market action before the opening bell rings at nine thirty A M Eastern Time. We start overnight in Asia, where a tale of two markets is setting up today's global trade. In Tokyo, the Nikkei two twenty-five surged to a new all-time high, closing at roughly seventy-one thousand fifty-three, gaining one point six four percent and breaking above seventy-one thousand for the first time. The EWJ Japan exchange traded fund proxy also moved sharply in extended trading, up one point eight five percent. This overnight strength is providing a highly positive handoff into US pre-market trading, completely overshadowing another tough session in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng index fell for a third straight session, dropping one point five nine percent to close at roughly twenty-three thousand nine hundred twenty-five, its lowest level since July twenty twenty-five. The China proxy exchange traded fund also drifted lower, shedding zero point nine eight percent in pre-market action. Looking at US futures, S&P five hundred futures are leading the charge this morning, pointing to a solid recovery. They are up zero point nine three percent versus their prior close. Meanwhile, Nasdaq one hundred futures are pointing to a notable bounce, up one point six two percent, and Dow futures are ticking up zero point six zero percent. Over in E