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The futures market on Thursday reflected jitteriness as traders awaited the all-important consumer price inflation data. The broader market is amid a multi-session winning run and has been breaking records session after session, sending the valuation of especially some mega-cap stocks to unsustainable levels. An in-line to tamer monthly headline number could push up the S&P 500 Index by as much as 1.75%, according to JPMorgan’s trading desk. A miss could send the index tumbling by as much as 2.50%, traders at the firm said.
The first few key earnings reports that dropped in disappointed, likely setting off worries concerning the reporting season. Traders may also keep a close eye on a couple of speeches by Federal Reserve officials and the Treasury auctions scheduled for the day.
Futures Performance (+/-)
Nasdaq 100 -0.08%
S&P 500 -0.10%
Dow -0.13%
R2K -0.07%
In premarket trading on Thursday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) edged down 0.08% to $560.88 and the Invesco QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) slipped 0.04% to $502.75, according to Benzinga Pro data.
Cues From Last Session:
U.S. stocks advanced strongly on Wednesday due to the support lent by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish comments that further accelerated the tech rally. The major indices gap-opened higher and moved roughly sideways in the first hour of trading. As traders digested Powell’s comments, they launched into a steady rally until the final hour of trading and the slope of the rally steepened thereafter, lifting the averages to a strong close.
The S&P 500 Index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite continued their record-breaking streak, both on an intraday and closing basis, with the former setting its sixth straight record close and the latter the seventh. The Dow Jones Industrials Average, which has lagged its ...