U.S. stock index futures climbed on Monday, with Dow futures up about 0.7% and S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also higher. Oil fell to an 11-day low, with Brent at $101.2 a barrel, down 2.6%, and the WTI October contract at $97.80, down 2.5%. Investors are watching an upcoming meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders while continuing to digest last week’s Federal Reserve rate hike.

Rothschild & Co said it is losing patience with the pace of the turnaround at Flutter’s FanDuel and cut its price target to $119 from $169. The firm said FanDuel has reduced guidance four straight times, most recently lowering its 2026 EBITDA midpoint forecast by 22%. It described 2026 as another “transitional year” and said the turnaround is likely to take longer than anticipated. Flutter shares are down 58% in 2026.

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has made its flagship open-source model, Kimi K3, available on Amazon Web Services’ Amazon Bedrock platform for building generative AI applications. The model is offered under revised commercial licensing terms that require payment if a hosting provider’s annual revenue exceeds US$20 million. AWS has said its AI business has surpassed a US$25 billion annual revenue run rate, putting the partnership in focus as a test of monetizing Chinese open models through third-party cloud platforms.

Ennis Inc. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $9.4 million, or 37 cents per share. Revenue for the period was $102 million. The figures were part of a routine earnings release and did not include any information on performance versus expectations or forward guidance.

India’s Sensex and Nifty rose sharply at 2:11 pm, with the Sensex up 0.87% to 74,944 and the Nifty gaining 0.47% to 23,455. Brent crude fell 2.25% to $101.53 a barrel and WTI slid 2.19% to $98.10, easing pressure on India’s import costs.

US equity funds saw a fourth consecutive week of net outflows in the week ended September 18, with investors pulling $31.44 billion. The withdrawals were driven by rising oil prices, inflation concerns and expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes. Broad-market funds faced heavy redemptions, while sector funds attracted inflows and bond-fund inflows slowed.

Global mined copper supply faces a risk of falling in 2026. Chile, the largest copper-producing country, is expected to see output drop 6.5% in the first half of 2026, while Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are projected to cut a combined 600,000 tonnes—nearly 2.5% of global supply. Copper prices have risen more than 45% over the past year as demand in China remains strong, with the Yangshan copper premium reaching its highest level since November 2022.

Sandisk (SNDK) rose 10.99% to $1791.82 on September 18, 2026, as memory-sector recovery and reported call buying offered explanations for the advance. Examine the daily outlook, reversal risks and technical levels that could confirm or weaken the move.