--- title: "North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures Rise as Tech Rally Rages On -2-" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/299433637.md" description: "North American stock futures rose as the tech rally continued. Key economic data releases included UK insolvency stats, Japan's monetary policy decision, and US industrial production and leading indicators. Analyst ratings saw mixed actions: Citigroup raised Haemonetics to Buy but cut Boston Scientific to Neutral; Goldman upgraded Sunbelt Rentals to Buy; while several firms including Bernstein and RBC downgraded stocks like Palo Alto Networks, Okta, and Mueller Water. Bitcoin held above $76,500 despite rate hike concerns." datetime: "2026-09-18T10:23:37.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/299433637.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299433637.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/299433637.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures Rise as Tech Rally Rages On -2- 08:30/UK: Aug Monthly Insolvency statistics 08:59/JPN: Japan Monetary Policy Meeting decision 09:00/ITA: Jul Balance of Payments 13:15/US: Aug Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 14:00/US: Aug Leading Indicators 14:00/US: Aug State Employment and Unemployment All times in GMT. Powered by Onclusive and Dow Jones. Expected Earnings for Friday Bloomia Holdings Inc (TULP) is expected to report for 4Q. Progressive Corp (PGR) is expected to report. Southern Banc Co Inc (SRNN) is expected to report for 4Q. Starcore International Mines Ltd (SAM.T) is expected to report for 1Q. Powered by Onclusive and Dow Jones. ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS Bitcoin Holds Above $76,500 Despite Rate Hike, Outflows Boston Scientific Cut to Neutral From Buy by Citigroup Copart Cut to Hold From Buy by HSBC Fluence Energy Cut to Underperform From Neutral by Baird Haemonetics Raised to Buy From Neutral by Citigroup HawkEye 360 Raised to Buy From Neutral by B of A Securities JB Hunt Raised to Market Outperform From Market Perform by Citizens Lyft Cut to Neutral From Buy by Guggenheim Mueller Water Cut to Underperform From Sector Perform by RBC Capital Okta Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by Bernstein Palo Alto Networks Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by Bernstein Pegasystems Cut to Neutral From Overweight by JP Morgan SentinelOne Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by Bernstein Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Raised to Buy From Neutral by Goldman Sachs This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today. 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