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The monthly pace of inflation slowed in both the headline and core readings for May, released Wednesday. Headline inflation rose 0.5% month over month, a bit of a break from April’s 0.6% advance and in line with expectations. Core inflation was up just 0.2% month over month in May after a 0.4% gain in April.
The stock market is already showing signs of reversing. The Nasdaq was down 0.4% after falling further at the open. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Dow was down 190 points, or 0.4%. The May CPI was in line with expectations, but many on Wall Street were fearing an even worse report given the Iran war's impact on energy prices.
May jobs data beat expectations, boosting prospects for leisure, healthcare and energy stocks. These sector ETFs and stocks could benefit most.
The stock market’s slide continued on Wednesday after the latest inflation report failed to rouse Wall Street. The Dow fell 340 points, or 0.7%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.12%.
June 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday, as a selloff in technology stocks continued and renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran overshadowed a tame May inflation
US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) tick lower in Wednesday's pre-market trading after consumer prices rose 0.5% month over month and 4.2% year over year in May, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the market reaction to the inflation data, especially in the bond market (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) and various commidites. Additionally, core CPI — which excludes food and energy costs — rose 0.3% monthly and 2.9% yearly. All numbers met economists' estimates.
US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...
Trump stated in a post on Truth Social that Iran has been completely defeated and that the country is all talk and no action.
Nasdaq futures dropped more than 1% as Trump threatened further action against Iran and economists expected inflation to cross a key threshold
Tesla stock was lower early Wednesday after a flare-up in tensions in the Middle East, leaving investors nervous. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker were down 1.5% at $390.91 in premarket trading, while and futures were down 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. The move came after the U.S. military retaliated after Iran downed an Apache helicopter, threatening a fragile cease-fire.
The May inflation report sets the stage for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to act.
The new Fed chair is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
US stock futures fell in the wait for
The Nasdaq’s rebound continued on Tuesday after Wall Street sniffed another run for momentum stocks. The tech-heavy index rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow rose 350 points, or 0.7%. Chips and other stocks with momentum in recent weeks continued to bounce back from Friday’s selloff.
What hasn’t really moved, however, is the longer end of the bond market, where yields remain elevated and forecasts for Federal Reserve rate hikes are getting increasingly aggressive following last week’s stronger-than-expected payroll data, and ahead of Wednesday’s May inflation readings. The higher yields, which have for the most part echoed market bets on a Fed rate hike before the end of the year, now priced at around 70% by the CME Group’s FedWatch, also seem to be resetting at levels that could make stock markets uncomfortable. Its closest comparison in the bond markets, the yield on 3-month Treasury bills, is holding at around 3.7%.
Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) can drive the dagger into Trump's hopes for a rate cut at the June 17 meeting.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher Monday boosted by shares of chip companies.</p><p>While the Dow fell slightly, the S&P 500 added three tenths of one percent and the Nasdaq climbed about nine tenths.</p><p>:: Intel</p><p>Intel shares jumped 11% after news website The Information reported that Alphabet's Google had placed an order to manufacture more than 3 million tensor processing units in 2028.</p><p>:: Marvell Technology</p><p>And shares of Marvell Tech rose 9.5% after S&P announced that the company would be added to the S&P 500 index later this month.</p><p>Also, Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other.</p><p>This came after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop shooting." </p><p>The attacks over 24 hours were the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire in the war.</p><p>Justin Livengood, senior portfolio manager with Invesco, says he thinks regardless of when there is an end to the conflict in the Middle East, energy prices could stay higher, which could lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.</p><p>“Inflation's been drifting up in general the last six to nine months, not just for oil prices but even for core elements. And that's a concern. I think that concern persists as oil and natural gas prices linger higher. And the longer that persists, the more likely we are to have a Fed feel they need to raise rates late this year. I certainly feel that right now the base case for the Fed is a hike, not a cut, as their next move. And I think with each week and month that this Middle East conflict continues. The odds of that hike get pulled forward.” </p><p>:: Apple</p><p>Other stocks on the move included Apple which dropped almost 2% after announcing a Siri revamp at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.</p><p>:: AWS</p><p>And shares of Corning gained 5.5% after Amazon announced a multi-year multi-billion-dollar deal to buy the company's optical fiber and cables for its data centers. </p></body>
Wall Street can’t agree on where it is heading next. Savita Subramanian, head of U.S. equity strategy at Bank of America and a broader market skeptic during much of the tech-paced rally that began in late March, thinks the easy market gains might be behind us. Monday’s recovery comes after Wall Street last week faced its sternest test in months, with tech leading a broader market tumble tied to accelerating bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike and the backdrop of increasing tensions in the U.S. war with Iran.
US equity investors will focus on the inflation data, a worsening conflict in the Middle East, and t
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