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July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Thursday as investors paused after a two-day rally, while chip stocks remained under pressure ahead of fresh economic reports and another
The Federal Reserve may pivot to interest rate increases this year, a move that has often led to stock market corrections.
Warsh's hardline stance on inflation is a wake-up call for the second-priciest stock market in history.
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By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Thursday as chipmakers stumbled ahead of results from bellwether TSMC, while bonds benefited from another benign reading on U.S.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow gaining more than a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 adding over a third of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing more than six-tenths of a percent.</p><p>A second day of solid bank earnings added momentum to an auspicious beginning to second-quarter reporting season.</p><p>BlackRock and Morgan Stanley both beat quarterly profit expectations, with shares of BlackRock advancing over 6.5% and Morgan Stanley also ending higher.</p><p>Strong earnings combined with more cooler-than-expected inflation data, in the form of June wholesale prices, helped lift stocks, says Melissa Brown, managing director of investment decision research at SimCorp.</p><p>"We saw some good earnings from the financial companies. And, you know, on top of that, there's just still the same buzz around the AI trade, around what's happening with semiconductors. And there's, we haven't really seen a lot of bad news. The inflation news has been better than expected, although I would argue still not good. So inflation is still higher than the Fed's target, even though it has come in a little bit lower than expected. But I think, you know, kind of all those things are conspiring to make it a good but not blowout day today."</p><p>Among the session's other stock moves, PayPal surged more than 17% after sources told Reuters that Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly offered to acquire it.</p><p>And shares of United Airlines dipped in extended trading despite the carrier saying it expected full-year profit at the high end of its prior forecast, as the company's third-quarter outlook was short of Wall Street expectations.</p></body>
Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.
FINANCE U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as gains in megacap technology names offset weakness in chip stocks. PayPal surged on reports of a takeover offer and another round of strong bank earnings kept Wall Street in an upbeat mood.
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Interest rate increases could be coming. Here's what that means for the market.
Shares slipped 2.5% to $132.72 in recent trading. Over the past month they have edged lower; even SpaceX’s addition to the Nasdaq-100 index didn’t boost them. SpaceX is hardly the first big IPO to struggle in early days or weeks of trading.
Inflation data gave investors hope on Wednesday morning. Semiconductor stocks took it away by lunchtime.
The earnings season is full steam ahead, and tech stocks are leading the march higher. All three major indexes were in the green to kick off Wednesday’s session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 gained 0.
July 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as investors weighed softer-than-expected producer inflation data and a flurry of corporate earnings, while PayPal surged on
A cooler-than-expected PPI print helped solidify stock futures' climb into the green. Nasdaq futures led, up 0.6%. S&P 500 futures and Dow futures both rose 0.2%. June's producer price index came in at 5.
