Investing.com - U.S. stock futures hovered around the flatline on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the latest U.S. inflation data and Nvidia’s quarterly results, with both events likely to offer fresh clues on the outlook for interest rates and the durability of the artificial intelligence trade.
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Stock futures were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited July inflation figures and results from the world's most valuable company

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The temperature of the market was rising ahead of the open Wedensday on what could be a key day on Wall Street. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, also known as the market's fear gauge, was up 1.8% ahead of inflation data and Nvidia earnings.

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US stock futures were subdued on Wednesday as investors prepared for Nvidia’s closely watched quarterly earnings and fresh inflation data, while signs of diplomatic progress in the Middle East pushed oil prices sharply lower. Sentiment was also shaped by an escalating trade dispute between the US and Canada, with Ottawa announcing retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products.

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U.S. stock futures were mixed early Wednesday as Wall Street awaits Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) marquee earnings report, key PCE inflation data, and further developments surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is evenly split for the Aug....

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Asian stocks edged higher Wednesday as oil prices extended a decline on receding concerns about another military flare-up between the United States and Iran, while traders were also nervously awaiting Nvidia's earnings and key US inflation data.However, analysts said the simmering US-Canada trade row was causing some uncertainty, while the big event on the agenda this week is Nvidia's second-quarter earnings on Wednesday.

Treasury yields declined, as the benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield dropped by over 7 basis points to reach 4.63%.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each adding nearly a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq climbing two-thirds of a percent.</p><p>The gains could ease investor concerns sparked by a recent bond market rout that lifted yields and pressured equities. </p><p>Keith Buchanan is senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments.</p><p>"The market, as we see it from our firm, is just grappling with, what does this newer framework of higher yields, particularly along the Treasury curve, really means for risk assets across the board? We're coming to, you know, a lot of our work is honed in on this, this one metric and this one price, if you will, across risk assets for some time. Seems like the market is finally starting to grapple with, what does that mean as far as discounted cash flows and how you price the risk of the risk landscape? And that process can be churning and frankly could introduce downside volatility. And that's one concern we have is how that really filters through, how folks like myself that sit in our seats look at the world and how we price risk going forward."</p><p>Longer-dated Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as oil prices dropped to a one-week low and traders continued to weigh the implications of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's decision to expand Treasury buybacks.</p><p>:: Nvidia</p><p>Meanwhile, investors are looking ahead to Nvidia's results on Wednesday as the next test for the earnings-driven rally. Shares of the AI chip giant closed more than 2% higher.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Dick's Sporting Goods plunged 30% after the retailer cut its annual forecasts. </p><p>And shares of Target fell almost 4% after the retailer apologized for and pulled a Halloween costume criticized for evoking blackface, renewing concerns about brand missteps just as its financial turnaround effort had begun to gain traction.</p><p>On the economic data front, Wednesday brings updated inflation figures for July, just one day ahead of the start of the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium.</p></body>

The stock market rose Tuesday amid lower oil prices and yields, but cautiously heading into Fed inflation data and Nvidia earnings.

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U.S. stocks rose as another drop in oil prices and tepid economic data quelled inflation concerns. The S&P 500 gained 24.42 points, or 0.32%, to 7677.28 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 171.11 points, or 0.66%, to 26151.30. Oil futures fell as traders weighed the relatively modest scale of a new round of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran.

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