U.S. stock index futures climbed on Wednesday as a bond selloff eased up ahead of the latest inflation report due Thursday, and investors absorbed another batch of earnings reports.
How are stock-index futures trading?
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S&P 500 futures
ES00,
+0.84%
rose 0.8% to 4,547 -
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
+0.61%
rose 0.5%, or 180 points, to 35,532 -
Nasdaq-100 futures
NQ00,
+1.22%
gained 1.1% to 14,897
Tuesday’s action saw the Dow industrials
DJIA,
climb 371.65 points, or 1.1%, to close at 35,462.78, its best daily gain since Jan. 31. The S&P 500
SPX,
rose or 0.8% to end at 4,521.54 for its best day since Feb. 2. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
climbed 1.3% to finish at 14,194.45.
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What’s driving the markets?
Investors on Wednesday were getting a breather from a recent bond selloff. The yield on the Treasury note
TMUBMUSD10Y,
was last down 3 basis points to 1.922% after reaching 1.954% on Tuesday, its highest since 2019.
But investors are still keeping an eye on the key 2% level on the 10-year, especially as important inflation data looms for Thursday. Annual consumer price inflation is expected to rise to 7.2% for January, after reaching a 40-year high of 7% in December.
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“Improved sentiment is on the back of more optimism about reopening, meanwhile the hawkish Fed expectations and the rising yields continue being a serious threat to the actual gains, as the major triggers behind the latest bond selloff are still in play,” said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote, in a note to clients.
“This means that there is a high risk of a sudden mood swing before Thursday’s U.S. inflation data,” she said.
More earnings will roll in Wednesday, with The Walt Disney Co.
DIS,
and MGM Resorts International
MGM,
and ride-share operator Uber Technologies Inc.
UBER,
in the spotlight after the market’s close, and
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Which stocks are in focus?
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Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
CMG,
+0.51%
rose 6% in premarket trading after the fast-food chain more than doubled its profit to a record high in 2021, and spoke of expansion plans. -
CVS Health Corp.
CVS,
+1.30%
stock climbed 6% after profit and earnings for the health services and drugstore operator beat expectations, though its full-year outlook was mixed. -
Mandiant Inc.
MNDT,
+17.86%
shares rose more than 2% after the cybersecurity software and services company reported forecast-beating results. Shares climbed during Tuesday’s regular session following a report that Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+1.20%
was in talks to buy the company. -
Lyft Inc.
LYFT,
+5.37%
shares fell 3% after the ride-share operator met its goal of full-year positive Ebitda and spoke of a “solid” fourth quarter, but offered a cautious forecast.
How are other assets trading?
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The ICE U.S. Dollar Index
DXY,
-0.22% ,
a measure of the currency against a basket of six major rivals, fell 0.2%. -
West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery
CL.1,
-0.31% CLH22,
-0.31%
slipped 0.5% to $88.90 a barrel. Gold futures for April delivery
GC00,
-0.01% GCJ22,
-0.01%
were flat at $1.827.60, near its Tuesday close, which was the highest most-active contract settlement since Jan. 26, FactSet data showed. -
Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
+0.01%
was down 0.3% -
The Stoxx 600 Europe
SXXP,
+1.60%
rose 1.5%, while the FTSE 100
UKX,
+0.76%
gained 0.5%. -
The Shanghai Composite
SHCOMP,
+0.79%
rose 0.7%, while the Hang Seng Index
HSI00,
-0.54%
jumped 2% and Japan’s Nikkei 225
NIK,
+1.08%
rose 1%.
