Investors are waited for the release of the Fed's preferred inflation data, seen as a potential turning point for a market gripped by rate-cut jitters.
US stocks vaulted into the green Friday as investors seemed to exhale that a key inflation measure slowed, while the overall reading largely met Wall Street's expectations. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.2%, coming off two days of sharp losses. S&P 500 futures were also up around 0.3%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose about 0.2%. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index update was seen as pivotal for stocks headed for a losing week.
Still, the index showed that price increases remained sticky last month. Bond yields fell after the inflation report, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury slipping close to the key 4.5% level. Read more: How does the labor market affect inflation? In individual movers, shares of Trump Media & Technology Group fell slightly after former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 criminal counts related to falsifying business records.
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