Stock futures paused, putting indexes on course for lackluster trading as investors awaited trade-deficit data
U.S. stock futures paused Tuesday, putting indexes on course for lackluster trading after the opening bell as investors awaited data on the scale of the trade deficit.
Futures tied to the broad S&P 500 index edged down less than 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures ticked 0.2% lower a day afterbefore ending the session down 0.4%. Nasdaq-100 futures wavered between gains and losses. Stocks have been range bound in recent sessions, with indexes hovering close to record levels due to a rapidly rebounding U.S. economy and significant levels of support from Washington and the Federal Reserve. The market’s moves in recent weeks have moderated amid. Investors say they are settling in for a period of choppy trading while they await fresh clues on whether a sharp rise in consumer prices will prove to be fleeting.
“There will be constant gut checks from both the bond and the stock markets on whether this is transitory, or is turning into permanently higher inflation,” said David Donabedian, chief investment officer at CIBC Private Wealth Management. “I would still put the odds of a higher S&P 500 at the end of the year as better than 50%, but I think there will be more volatility than return to be had in the second half of the year.
In bond markets, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note edged down to 1.554%, from 1.570% Monday. Bond yields drop when prices climb. While worries about a sharp and sustained spike in inflation have abated somewhat, money managers are continuing to assess whether it may erode the returns from fixed-income assets.
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