1. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Japan has triggered a tsunami warning, causing risk-off sentiment, a drop in U.S. futures, and a jump in oil prices of around 6%.
2. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is heating up as QXO's $17 billion deal to acquire TopBuild sends TopBuild shares soaring 18% premarket.
3. The AI technology sector remains volatile, highlighted by a 6.3% surge in Marvell shares on Google chip deal rumors and Digi Power X securing access to exclusive NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
Japan Quake Sparks Risk-Off, QXO's $17B Deal, AI Stocks Surge