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S&P 500 futures climbed 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.7% before the morning's consumer price index release

Automakers are fairly stable in pre-market trading as traders are waiting on the CPI figures. At this point, the markets are waiting to get a read on inflation as well.

Meta Platforms (META) is set to go to trial in California federal court over claims that it made Fac

Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Wednesday after tech-sector earnings reports

Consumer price index inflation data, out at 8:30 a.m. ET, may further dampen odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike in September following Friday's weak July jobs reports. S&P 500 futures are slightly higher ahead of the CPI inflation report, holding just off record highs despite inching lower on Monday and Tuesday. Wall Street expects the overall CPI to rise 0.1%, lowering the 12-month headline inflation rate to 3.4% from 3.5%, according to the Econoday consensus forecast.

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By Diana Novak Jones Aug 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook

Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages and force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms. The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, ‌will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designed its platforms to keep young users hooked and misled consumers about their safety. It will also address claims by 29 states that the ‌company illegally collected and used children's data in violation of federal law.

Investors braced for fresh Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, which could alter the Fed's interest rate calculus.

U. S. stock futures moved higher ahead of closely watched July inflation figures, with investors looking for clues about how the data could influence Federal Reserve interest rate decisions over the coming months.

Stock futures were rising on Wednesday after cloud computing company CoreWeave, optical networking company Lumentum, and server maker Super Micro all reported solid quarterly results, breathing some life into the AI trade ahead of the July inflation report.

Futures tied to the the major U.S. stock indexes rose, while oil was up as the deadlock between the U.S. and Iran continued.

Today Inflation data: Consumer price index for July, 8:30 a.m. ET Other data: EIA petroleum status report, Treasury budget Bond auctions: 10-year Treasury note Earnings: Cisco Systems, Stubhub, Coherent, Air Canada Thursday Economic data: Producer price index for July, Jobless claims, EIA natural-gas storage report Earnings: Applied Materials, Tapestry Federal Reserve speakers: Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, one of three Fed regional bank heads to dissent from last month’s rate decision.

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Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. Samsung Electronics gained 7.7% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix was up 7.1%. The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was up 0.9% at $89.67 early Wednesday.

U.S. stock futures are showing modest gains early Wednesday, as investors digest a mix of robust corporate earnings against the backdrop of an intensifying geopolitical impasse in the Middle East and an expected read on U.S. inflation. The Polymarket (CRYPTO:...

July’s consumer price index (CPI) report is in focus on Wednesday as investors hope for a reading as encouraging as June’s.

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TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) reported second-quarter net sales of $13.9 million, up slightly from $13.8 million a year earlier, as growth in its food service technology business was partially offset by tariff-related customer refund adjustments and lower reported casino and gaming revenue. T

Investors await the July consumer price index that’s due at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

Asking for a Trend Host, Josh Lipton previews what investors should watch on Wednesday, August 12, including the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which will offer a fresh look at inflation and the health of the consumer. Cisco (CSCO) reports fiscal fourth-quarter results, while Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) also reports earnings.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each dropping about a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq shedding six-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Investors became more pessimistic about a peace deal with Iran after one of its top officials said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behavior and accept Iran's conditions to end the war.</p><p>That kept Brent&nbsp;crude futures near one-week highs.</p><p>Liz Miller is founder and president of Summit Place Financial Advisors.</p><p>"I think investors are certainly frustrated at the back-and-forth communication flow and expectations out of our conflict with Iran. But they're also starting to try to look through this. For the longest time, investors have been saying, 'Even if there was a quick end, we knew that the effects on oil would take many months to unfold.' And so it was always about the, you know, the famous words, you know, the duration and the depth of the conflict. And what we're finding out is the depth may not be the problem, but the duration is.”</p><p>Among the day's movers, tech stocks dragged, with Amazon dipping about 2% and Alphabet and SpaceX each dropping almost 4%.</p><p>:: Nvidia</p><p>Alternative asset managers rose, with Apollo Global up more than 6% and Blackstone rallying almost 4%. They were among the financial institutions that recently partnered with Nvidia to establish compute-financing platforms aimed at ‌raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure.</p><p>And shares of Super Micro Computer rose about 9% in extended trading after the server maker forecast fiscal 2027 revenue above Wall Street expectations, betting that strong demand for its AI-optimized servers would fuel another year of growth.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to inflation readings, due over the next two days, which could be crucial in shaping market expectations on the Federal Reserve's policy path.</p></body>

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U.S. stocks slid as negotiations about the future of the Strait of Hormuz remain deadlocked, pushing oil prices up ahead of key inflation data Wednesday. Oil futures rose $1.07, or 1.3%, to $83.20 a barrel, amid signs that the Middle East conflict may escalate again. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined 0.014 percentage point to 4.683%.

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Technology stocks slipped again on Tuesday, as markets continued to trade sideways in the lead up to this week’s inflation reports. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6%. Brent crude oil futures rose 1.4% to $88.91 a barrel as the will-they-won’t-they between the U.S. and Iran continued to drag on global markets.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned that rapid inflation poses a greater challenge to the U.S. economy than labor market softening.

Why are the indexes red when the typical stock is green? Alphabet and Amazon account for nearly the whole decline, and Wednesday's inflation report is the week's real event.