S&P Futures 3:00 PM Candle: Down 0.04%, 2.1x Normal
At a glance
- First reported by AP News: “UN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 4:31 PM ET on After the Bell, by Hank Ledger, Dale Bearman and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: UN, PM, S&P, Russia.
- BBN covered this story before: Mamdani Oct. 7 Post Draws Rebuke From Israel's UN Envoy (October 7).
The real story
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- AP NewsUN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorS and P futures, three p-m Eastern, five-minute candle.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOpen seventy-eight fifty-six point five, high seventy-eight fifty-nine point five, low seventy-eight fifty-one point five, close seventy-eight fifty-three point three.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDown zero point zero four percent, body two point one times average.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorObviously a whale sneezed. A hundred-ton mammal, hay fever, one stray finger on a sell button. The ocean is a leveraged product, Hank.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNah, bro, it's a guy at a prop shop who sat on his keyboard after a burrito. Honestly, respect.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the most active he's been all year.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOr the Trump advisers headline was a coded signal to a secret bunker cabal. I have a theory board. It has string.
The story so far
- S&P Futures 9:40 PM Candle: Down 0.02%, 2.8x Normal · GlobeNewswire Inc.
- Russia Strikes Kyiv, Two Killed; AI Lifts S&P to Record · CNBC
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- Anatomy of a Candle: SPY, 1:00 PM · Benzinga
- Anatomy of a Candle: SPY, 1:25 PM · Benzinga
- Mamdani Oct. 7 Post Draws Rebuke From Israel's UN Envoy · Fox News
- S&P Futures 3:00 PM Candle: Down 0.04%, 2.1x Normal (this story)
- S&P Futures 3:50 PM Candle: Up 0.05% on 2.6x Volume · Reuters
- S&P Futures 5-Minute Candle, 3:40 PM ET · CNBC
- Anatomy of a Candle: S&P Futures, 8:25 PM Five-Minute Bar · Investing.com
- UN Says El Niño to Intensify, Last Until February 2027 · Reuters
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