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US equity investors are expected to focus on earnings, labor market data, and messaging from top Fed

Investing.com - A whipsawing Middle East conflict takes center stage once again as the new trading week gets underway. A key U.S. jobs report will be in focus later in the week, along with data tracking activity in the American manufacturing and services sectors. SpaceX will unveil its first quarterly earnings report since its historic initial public offering, while earnings from Advanced Micro Devices could shed some light on the state of the artificial intelligence boom.

The monthly jobs report comes out Friday. Before that, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will post its first earnings report as a listed company. Also reporting: Walt Disney; tech companies Palantir and Advanced Micro Devices; ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft; private-equity firms Apollo, Carlyle and TPG; and fast-food chains McDonald's and Wendy’s.

In another heavy earnings week, we’ll also see reports from McDonald’s, Disney, Uber, Devon Energy, and more.

(Updates with latest market prices and developments.) US benchmark equity indexes were mostly hig

Brent crude topped $100 a barrel, stoking inflation fears and driving Treasury yields to their highest levels of the year.

FEATURE The artificial-intelligence trade appeared to be reignited Tuesday as investors digested a slew of bank earnings reports ahead of the consumer-price index inflation report for June. International Business Machines sank 23% after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets.

US stock index futures traded cautiously on Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high in the previous session, while investors weighed another strong earnings update from Samsung Electronics (USOTC:SSNHZ) alongside fresh comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller. Futures pause after Wall Street recordsBy 03:02 ET (07:02 GMT), futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed.

AI-driven momentum is keeping bulls in high spirits after the Dow’s record close, though investors are a bit cautious ahead of the Fed minutes and fresh corporate catalysts.

The stock market, and technology names in particular, were falling ahead of the open Wednesday after a strong performance in the previous session.

Stocks could be facing the end-of-quarter reckoning many investors feared when Elon Musk’s SpaceX unveiled plans for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh took over the central bank’s policy reigns earlier this month. The early signs of a late June “tech wreck” started to formulate Monday, with Google parent Alphabet shedding more than $225 billion in market value, its biggest slump in more than a year, and SpaceX extending its three-day decline to more than $600 billion. Shares in SpaceX were falling 4.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, putting them below $150 a share.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.48%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.15%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed down -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.99%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

FEATURE Artificial-intelligence stocks were mounting a comeback on Wednesday, having slumped the previous session, as hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran led investors to pile back into some of the market’s best-loved names.

June 17 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures edged higher on Wednesday, as chip stocks rebounded ahead of the first interest rate decision under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh.

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as the US and Ir

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Major stock indexes fell sharply after a strong jobs report set the stage for the Federal Reserve to hike rates.

By Medha Singh and Twesha Dikshit June 5 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures fell on Friday, as chipmakers lost steam following a strong rally and investors stayed cautious ahead of the May

Investors are slamming the brakes on the AI rally, dragging down shares in Broadcom, AMD, and Nvidia.

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Data from Stocktwits shows that retail sentiment remained ‘extremely bullish’ on SPY and QQQ.

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Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed on Wednesday, after a rough day for technology stocks and the Nasdaq. The combination of the prospect of a longer struggle with Iran, and higher inflation, which soared to 3.8% annually, the highest since May 2023, while the core number, which is less food and energy, rose to ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Advanced Micro Devices, Akamai Technologies, HEICO, Johnson & Johnson, MasTec, MercadoLibre, Sandisk, Snap

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...