Stock futures climbed on Thursday as investors bet the Federal Reserve is close to wrapping up its rate-hiking campaign and assessed a fresh stream of corporate results.
Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures rose 0.5%, while S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures gained 0.7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) led the advance, with futures up about 1.1%.
All three major gauges closed Wednesday with strong gains after the Fed held interest rates steady at their highest range in 22 years. The market’s overall takeaway from Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on the decision is that the US central bank will stick with keeping rates unchanged in December.
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Traders are now pricing in an 85% chance there will be no more Fed hikes this year, compared with 59% odds the day before its policymakers’ meeting, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
But JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon told Yahoo Finance that he thinks the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates an additional 75 basis points due to “stickier” inflation, saying, “I suspect they may not be done.”
Attention is now turning more closely to earnings season, with Apple’s (AAPL) quarterly report due after-hours the highlight in a packed Thursday. Top of mind will be what its results show about the iPhone situation in China and global consumer spending, after a mixed bag of reports from US tech giants so far.
Meanwhile, Starbucks (SBUX) shares popped in pre-market trading after the coffee chain beat estimates for revenue and earnings. Shopify (SHOP) said it returned to a profit in the third quarter as it adopted AI, and its shares jumped 15%.
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Stock futures step higher on hopes Fed is done with hikes
The major US stock indexes were poised Thursday to extend the previous day’s gains as investors assessed Federal Reserve’ Chair Jerome Powell’s comments after the central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) were up 0.50%, or 168 points, while S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures put on 0.71%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) were 1.09% higher.
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