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Tech is bleeding pre-market and Oracle is leading the damage — down over five percent before the bell even rings.

Sep 2, 2026 · 7:04 AM CT · 2:30 · The MadBrooks Brief | Pre market | Wed, Sep 2

Tech is bleeding pre-market and Oracle is leading the damage — down over five percent before the bell even rings. Oracle down 5.23%, now at 141.32. That's the headline number this morning. Tesla off 3.22% at 356.09 — no catalyst needed when the tape is this risk-off. AMD sliding 2.36% to 459.61…

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Tech is bleeding pre-market and Oracle is leading the damage — down over five percent before the bell even rings.

Oracle down 5.23%, now at 141.32. That's the headline number this morning. Tesla off 3.22% at 356.09 — no catalyst needed when the tape is this risk-off. AMD sliding 2.36% to 459.61, confirming the chip sector has no friends today.

Nvidia down 1.51% to 217.44. Smaller move, but on a name this crowded, even a soft print matters. Amazon down 1.87% to 254.92. No news — just selling.

Now here's the anomaly. META up over one percent while every other large-cap tech name is getting hit. That kind of divergence doesn't happen by accident. Watch it.

Apple up 2.61% to 325.13. Defensive rotation hiding inside a tech wrapper. XOM up 2.24% to 164.55 — energy catching a bid while growth names bleed. UNH up 1.77% to 396.30. Classic flight to defensive. The rotation is clean and it's happening fast.

Futures are ugly across the board. SPY down 0.69. QQQ down 1.27 — tech taking the hardest shot. IWM down 1.14, DIA down 0.72. Small caps and growth both getting pressured. VIX sitting at 16.35 — elevated but not panicked. Gold up 0.58, doing exactly what gold does when equity confidence cracks.

Asian overnight data is unavailable. Economic calendar is empty today. No Fed speakers, no data drops — price action is the only story.

On earnings, watch Asana after the close. EPS estimate sitting at 0.0892. Also on the after-close tape: AMBA and AOUT. AMBR reports before the open with a zero EPS estimate — that one's already priced for nothing. AOUT projecting a loss at negative 0.2448.

The setup today is simple. Growth is under pressure. Defensives are catching bids. META is the outlier worth tracking. One empty calendar means the market moves on its own terms.

Numbers don't lie. People do. Trade accordingly.

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