
June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are trending up +0.56% this morning as market participants cheered forecast-beating quarterly results and a record share buyback from tech giant Apple and looked ahead to critical U.S. non-farm payroll data due later in the day.
Apple (AAPL) advanced over +5% in pre-market trading after the iPhone maker reported better-than-expected Q2 results, projected a return to growth in the current quarter, and raised its dividend by 4.2% to $0.25 per share. The tech giant also unveiled a $110 billion share buyback program, the largest stock buyback in U.S. history.