Episode 2026-06-24

You're listening to Seven Horns A I — your A I-powered market update. Good morning. Today is Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and we are just a few hours away from the opening bell in New York. Overnight, Asian markets delivered a mixed performance, setting a tentative tone for the U.S. session. In South Korea, the Kospi surged two point two to three point five percent, reclaiming some ground after Tuesday's dramatic ten percent plunge. However, tech-heavy markets remained under pressure. Japan's Nikkei closed lower, with Nikkei futures pointing down zero point eight to one point one percent. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed flat to slightly higher, with its futures ticking up about one percent. This divergence suggests that while some regions are stabilizing, the global semiconductor drag is still lingering as we head toward the New York open. Looking at U.S. futures, we are seeing signs of modest stabilization after yesterday's tech-led rout. S&P five hundred futures are leading our pre-market indicators, trading essentially flat, up just zero point one percent versus their prior close. Nasdaq one hundred futures are showing a modest lift, up zero point forty-one percent, indicating some tentative bargain-hunting in beaten-down tech names. Meanwhile, Dow futures are down zero point eighteen percent, giving back a fraction of yesterday's relative strength. The primary focus this morning is on the semiconductor sector, which suffered severe lo