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U. S. stock futures traded modestly higher on Wednesday after inflation data came in below expectations, easing concerns that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates in the near term.
Stocks looked set to rise again on Wednesday, building on gains from the previous session that were powered by a solid start to the second-quarter earnings season and cooler-than-expected inflation data. Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 81 points, or 0.2%.
The focus turns to Wednesday's release of the Producer Price Index after the latest Consumer Price Index data showed the largest single-month decline in inflation since April 2020.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures edged higher on Wednesday after a softer-than-expected inflation reading eased fears that the Federal Reserve may soon raise interest rates.
There's more to U.S. inflation than just energy prices.
It was a jam-packed day for the markets: earnings season started strong, oil futures fluctuated, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified in front of lawmakers, and the latest June inflation report delivered a cooler-than-expected reading that should make policymakers hold off on raising interest rates—for now. The Dow closed just above the flatline at 0.02%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.9% and the S&P 500 finished the day up 0.4%.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow ending little changed, the S&P 500 adding almost four-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq gaining nine-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Second-quarter earnings season began with five big U.S. banks reporting solid results, buoyed by trading strength and dealmaking.</p><p>Shares of Goldman Sachs surged 9%, while JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America also closed higher.</p><p>Robert Conzo, CEO and managing director of The Wealth Alliance, said he expects corporate earnings this quarter to remain strong which should help markets advance.</p><p>"When you look at the earnings estimates for the second quarter, it's at 23.6 [percent], north of 20. That's coming off of a first quarter earnings of about 27 [percent]. Again, a huge number north of 20. The last time that happened was in the first and second quarter of 2021 when we were coming off of Covid. So these are big earnings projections going forward. The market was looking for that because all eyes on earnings in the face of sticky inflation.”</p><p>But inflation was a little less "sticky" in June, as Tuesday's release of the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index showed the annual inflation rate dropped to 3.5%, due largely to receding oil prices that have since rebounded.</p><p>Other stocks on the move Tuesday included U.S.- listed shares of SK Hynix, which soared more than 27% after tumbling on Monday following a strong Friday debut.</p><p>And shares of IBM plummeted more than 25% after the tech company warned second-quarter revenue would fall below estimates.</p></body>
Many of the same factors have propelled big banks’ strong performance: a solid economic backdrop with low unemployment, corporate clients’ appetite for executing big deals, and lots of trading activity.
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IBM stock suffered its worst day ever on Tuesday after the company’s preliminary second-quarter earnings missed analysts’ targets. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Arvind Krishna explained the shortfall was largely driven by the company’s infrastructure business. “What played out was worse than our expectations,” Krishna wrote.
A hectic day in markets lifted stocks Tuesday, thanks to booming bank profits and an unexpectedly upbeat inflation report. All major U.S. indexes ended the day in the green, despite a historic fall from grace for one member of the Dow industrials. The Dow industrials edged less than 0.1% higher, weighed down by tumbling shares of International Business Machines.
U.S. stocks rose as blockbuster bank earnings and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted sentiment, while a profit warning from IBM weighed on the Dow Industrials and dragged software stocks lower.
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The dollar slid Tuesday after a drop in US inflation dented expectations of an interest rate hike later this month.Earlier Tuesday, the market saw a roughly 40 percent probability of a US interest rate hike this month, but that fell to 13 percent after the CPI data was published.
Yahoo Finance's Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Senior Business Reporter Brooke DiPalma join Julie Hyman on Market Catalysts to break down the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, what it means for the Federal Reserve's rate-cut outlook, and how Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's testimony could shape expectations for monetary policy.
Fresh economic data showing consumer prices fell in June sent stocks mostly higher at Tuesday's opening bell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.4%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The Dow was up 0.2%, or 83 points.
The Dow is caught in a tug-of-war between strong bank earnings and IBM's historic drop. The Dow's top performer was Goldman Sachs, which popped 5.5% after reporting record results. Goldman is the heaviest weighted component in the Dow.
June CPI came in at 3.5% annually, below the 3.8% economists expected, but rising oil prices and an IBM warning capped gains
Bond yields dropped sharply and Nasdaq futures climbed after a cooler-than-expected inflation report this morning. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index rose, while those tied to the Dow industrials edged lower.