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Rate-hike odds jumped to 86.7% Friday. The Dow rose 500 points on the same news. Go figure.
The latest consumer price index data showed inflation rose in August, nearly solidifying the odds of an interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve next week. Yet, stocks are rallying. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.
The stock market fell as oil prices and Treasury yields soared, but rebounded Friday on the CPI inflation report. Apple, Oracle, Meta were key movers.
All sectors in the S&P 500 were trading in the green as an everything rally took hold of Wall Street. The S&P 500 was up 1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.1%. The Dow rose 0.9%, or 458 points. Today would mark the fifth time all 11 S&P 500 sectors rose in a day, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
Stocks rebounded Friday after four straight days of losses, even as August inflation data lifted Fed rate-hike odds above 85%
Stocks opened Friday's session higher after the consumer price index data release, bringing an end to equities' recent losing streak. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1%, or 541 points.
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Stock indexes advanced after Friday's inflation report, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 1% in early trading. On first glance, that move looks counterintuitive. Higher interest rates aren’t necessarily a good thing for equity prices.
Wall Street closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by surging oil prices and inflation data.
The August CPI will be a key factor ahead of the Fed’s upcoming rate decision.
The consumer price index climbed 0.4% month over month in August, translating to an annual gain of 3.4% year over year, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Economists had expected inflation to advance by 0.4% month over month in August, according to FactSet. The consensus call was for the headline CPI to climb 3.3% on an annual basis.
Micron Technology rose Friday after Oracle reported a key metric that boosted artificial-intelligence trade stocks. Micron stock advanced 0.8% to $985 in premarket trading on Friday after ending Thursday down 4.9%. Shares of the memory chip maker have fallen 3.9% for the week as of the closing bell on Thursday.
US equity futures were edging higher pre-bell Friday as traders awaited the second of two key inflat
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Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Friday as easing oil prices were met with ren
Stock futures pointed to a higher open Friday ahead of an important Consumer Price Index reading—although major indexes were poised to close lower for the week—as oil prices and Treasury yields declined.
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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure was already announced three weeks ago.
Investors braced for inflation data that could solidify, or undercut, rising bets that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next week.
U.S. futures rose and oil prices fell despite intensifying clashes in the Middle East and ahead of what could become one of the most consequential reads on inflation in years. Yemen ’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea, two officials said Friday in a swift advance that further threatens oil exports by Saudi Arabia through one of the world’s key commercial lanes. On Friday, the International Energy Agency reported that Saudi oil production fell to a three-decade low last month due to Houthi attacks on its energy facilities.
Leading AI stocks are under pressure this week, and Micron just got hit with a substantial sell-off.
Higher oil prices and a sovereign bond sell-off sent stocks lower, but all eyes are on tomorrow’s CPI reading.
In the latest trading session, VICI Properties Inc. (VICI) closed at $24.73, marking a -1.9% move from the previous day.