S&P 500 Futures Gain Ahead of Inflation Data -- WSJ

Dow Jones12-18 19:34

By Ed Ballard

Stocks looked set to open in positive territory Thursday as investors await delayed inflation data.

The consumer-price index for November is due at 0830 ET and will be the first CPI report published since September. Because of gaps in data collection as a result of the government shutdown, investors will focus on price changes over the past two months or on an annual basis.

Inflation is below its pandemic highs, but remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. Prices for many essentials have continued to rise. Economists project CPI likely accelerated a tad last month, to 3.1% on the year, according to a Wall Street Journal poll.

Nasdaq-100 futures led gains early Thursday, while contracts tied to the Dow industrials wavered. Shares in Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence-linked companies rose premarket, after Micron said it expects demand from AI developers to boost growth. The memory-chip stock rallied by about 10% before the open.

This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).

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