Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite eked out gains to reach record closes, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Record breakers The S & P 500 closed at a record for the 13th time this year on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite posted its 14th record close of 2025, too. The S & P 500 is now up 8.2% year to date. The Nasdaq is up 9% year to date. The NYSE Composite also hit a new high Thursday. It is up 9.2% in 2025. The Nasdaq 100 hit a new high on Thursday. The index is up 10.5% in 2025. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 in 2025 Europe’s financials The iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (EUFN) is up about 3% in four days. The ETF is in shouting distance of its 52-week high. So far this year, the EUFN is up 40%. Germany’s Commerzbank is the top performer in the ETF. It’s followed by Societe Generale and Deutsche Bank. They’ve all about doubled so far this year. Wunderbar! Space CNBC’s Morgan Brennan is reporting Thursday night on space company Firefly going public. The Cedar Park, Texas-based company has been a growing success in aerospace. Firefly describes itself as the following: “As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.” There have been some big space movers in the past month. Rocket Lab has gained 43% in a month. Shares are up 88% year to date. Intuitive Machines has surged 23% in a month. Planet Labs has advanced about 23% in a month, as well. AST SpaceMobile is up 185% year to date. Pittsburgh-based Howmet Aerospace is up about 71% year to date. HWM YTD mountain Howmet Aerospace in 2025 Big data Durable goods numbers are due Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET during ” Squawk Box .” The S & P Industrials sector is up 5.7% in the last month. It’s the second top performing sector in that period, after tech. Sectornomics CNBC TV’s Dominic Chu will track the Materials sector. It ranks sixth out of 11 sectors in terms of performance so far this year. It is up about 8%. Newmont is the big winner in the sector, up 65% year to date. It hit a new record on Wednesday. GE Vernova is the leader in the past month. Shares have gained 22% in that period. United Rentals has advanced 18% in a month. NEM YTD mountain Newmont in 2025 Phillips 66 reports in the morning CNBC’s “Squawk Box” will have the results and immediate market reaction. Mark Lashier, CEO of Phillips 66 , will be live on the big show which starts at 6 a.m. The stock has gained 18% in the past three months. Shares are 17% from the high reached last July.
