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Wall Street looks set for a calm end to the week, with US stock futures drifting close to flat on Friday. That comes after the S&P 500 powered to a fresh record high on Thursday, buoyed by softer-than-expected inflation figures and receding worries about further Federal Reserve interest...
Wall Street futures pointed modestly higher pre-bell Friday, as the waning earnings season and the a
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) have a "core" dilemma.
Stocks hit new highs. The S&P 500 gained 0.65% to a new all-time high. The Nasdaq ended up 0.8% and the Dow rose 69.7 points, or 0.1%. Another inflation reading came in cool. The producer-price index, which measures wholesale prices, was flat in July after falling by 0.
REVIEW PREVIEW NEWSLETTER Two’s a Charm. The S&P 500 notched a new high on Thursday, with investors rallying behind a slightly more benign inflation outlook. The S&P rose 0.7%, marking its 27th record close of the year.
<body><p>VIDEO SHOWS: N/A</p><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended higher on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up marginally, the S&P 500 adding nearly two-thirds of a percent to close at a record high, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbing more than eight-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Several chip stocks led the way, with shares of Sandisk surging nearly 14% after the memory chip maker said it expects revenue to grow at a mid-to-high-teens percentage rate from fiscal years 2028 to 2030, encouraged by strong demand amid rapid AI infrastructure buildout. </p><p>On the flip side, shares of Cisco fell more than 8% despite the AI infrastructure company a day earlier forecasting fiscal 2027 revenue above Wall Street expectations.</p><p>Eric Diton is president and managing director of The Wealth Alliance.</p><p>"Sandisk up double digits with just great numbers, great expectations for future revenue for margins, which by the way is what took Cisco down today. Cisco beat on earnings, beat on revenue, but the street focused on a little over a 2% drop in margin, and they beat up the stock pretty well. But generally speaking, the Nasdaq's having a great day, up roughly three quarters of a percent, led by the chips."</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Netflix climbed more than 5% after billionaire investor Bill Ackman unveiled a new holding in the streaming company as part of Pershing Square's biggest portfolio overhaul in years.</p><p>And shares of Tapestry plunged more than 16% after the Coach owner forecast muted annual revenue growth.</p><p>Meanwhile, fresh data showed U.S. producer prices were unchanged in July, while the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, pointing to a stable jobs market.</p><p>Traders are pricing in a more than 60% chance that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at its meeting next month, according to CME's FedWatch tool.</p></body>
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a 0.2% gain. The reading follows a slight slowdown in CPI reported Wednesday and added to expectations that the Federal Reserve can hold off on raising rates for now. The market-implied likelihood of a hike at its September meeting is now around 35%, down from 55% a week ago according to CME FedWatch.
The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.8%. The Nasdaq composite rose 214.54 points, or 0.8%, to 26,803.03.
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The soft outlook overshadowed Tapestry’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue, which beat analyst expectations.
By Avinash P and Purvi Agarwal Aug 13 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 climbed to an intraday record high on Thursday, powered by advances in semiconductor and other heavyweight technology stocks, as a retreat
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday as crude oil prices fell, improving risk appetite, while investors parsed a softer-than-expected producer price inflation
The stock market cleared both of this week’s inflation reports, but gains were fairly muted. The Nasdaq Composite was 0.2%. The big three indexes were mixed on Wednesday after the July consumer price index matched expectations.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Thursday after surprise key inflation data. Cisco and AI stock Cerebras plunge on earnings.
US equity futures were edging slightly higher pre-bell Thursday as traders awaited another key infla
US stock futures were barely moving on Thursday morning, with contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 all sitting just above the flat line after a quiet session on Wall Street. Attention turns to the Producer Price Index, which measures prices from the...
Stock futures were a touch higher on Thursday as investors awaited July wholesale inflation data that will help decide what the Federal Reserve does next. Nasdaq 100 futures were rising less than 0.1%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release the producer price index for July at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time.
Kevin Warsh and a historically pricey stock market may soon be on the hot seat.
U.S. stock futures are showing modest gains heading into Thursday morning as Wall Street digests cooling inflation data against the backdrop of a prolonged geopolitical impasse in the Middle East. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is leaning bullish for the...
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