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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday, as the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, and the Dow Jones indices advanced, following Wednesday’s lower close.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits edge higher to a seasonally adjusted 229,000 for the week ending June 6, an increase of 4,000 from the prior week's unrevised level.

Meanwhile, inflation tge Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand jumped 1.1% in May. Stripping out volatile components, the core PPI—which excludes foods, energy, and trade services—advanced 0.8% for the month, recording its largest one-month increase since March 2022 and keeping structural inflation concerns at the fore.

Middle East tensions have escalated significantly as the U.S. and Iran traded direct military strikes, following warnings from President Donald Trump that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled peace talks.

The renewed hostilities have severely disrupted regional stability, prompting neighboring countries like Kuwait to temporarily close their airspace amid incoming Iranian attacks.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.53%, and the two-year bond was at 4.12%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 98.3% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Thursday. The SPY was up 0.24% at $727.15, while the QQQ advanced by 0.57% to $697.56.

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00:08All right, green arrows across the board here today, perhaps on the back of that exciting
00:13Nix win. We'll see. S&P futures up three quarters of a percent, 0.75%. Dow futures up 0.78
00:20% and the
00:21NASDAQ leading the way higher at plus 1.23%. Now let's take a look at some cues from last session
00:28as well as some stocks that we have in focus here for you today, get you all set for the
00:33trading day. Sectors that gained and lost on Wednesday saw most S&P 500 industries close
00:40on a negative note with industrials, materials, and information technology stocks recording the
00:45biggest losses. However, consumer staples and energy stocks bucked the overall market trend
00:50and closed the session higher. U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday as the NASDAQ 100, S&P 500,
00:56and Dow Jones indices advanced following Wednesday's lower close. Investors are closely watching the
01:02upcoming May PPI release along with weekly jobless claims before the opening bell. Middle East tensions
01:08have escalated significantly as the U.S. and Iran traded direct military strikes following warnings
01:14from President Trump that Tehran would, quote, pay the price, end quote, for stalled peace stocks.
01:20Renewed hostilities have severely disrupted regional stability, prompting neighboring countries like
01:25Kuwait to temporarily close their airspace amid the incoming Iranian attacks. That airspace has
01:30since been reopened. Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.53 percent and the two-year bond was
01:37at 4.12 percent. CME Group's Fed watch tool projection showed that the markets are pricing in
01:42a 98.3 percent likelihood that the Federal Reserve leaves the current interest rates unchanged during the
01:48June meeting. And despite all of the conflict in the Middle East, oil is actually lower by a percent
01:54here ahead of the open. Now, we've got several stocks in focus here for you today, and the first
02:00one should be no surprise to anybody. That is indeed going to be Oracle, which reported earnings last
02:05night. Oracle, which is ticker ORCL, dropped by 8.87 percent in the pre-market on Thursday, despite reporting
02:13better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter as its remaining performance obligations, or RPOs,
02:19rose, and the CFO predicted lower gross margins for the fiscal year of 2027. Oracle's adjusted EPS of
02:26211 beat the 196 estimate, and sales of 19.184 billion beat the 19.095 billion estimate. Oracle also sees
02:36fiscal year 2027 adjusted EPS of 805 versus the 801 estimate and affirms full year 2027 sales guidance
02:45of 90 billion versus the estimate of 88.96 billion. So they beat, and the numbers were good, but that
02:53same effect, was it good enough? Doesn't appear to be. The next stock on our list is going to be
02:58Oxford
02:58Industries. The ticker on this one is OXM, and it fell 6.61 percent as it reported mixed results for
03:05the
03:05first quarter. The company raised its fiscal year 2026 earnings guidance while narrowing its sales
03:10outlook. The next stock on our list is going to be CoreWeave, and it was 1.35 percent higher as
03:16it
03:16announced on Wednesday its intention to offer 3.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior
03:21notes due in 2032 in dollar and euro denominations. A little bit more on CoreWeave later. The next stock
03:29on our list is going to be Visa, and it was up 0.37 percent as it announced a partnership
03:33with OpenAI
03:34for AI agent payments. The final stock on our list is going to be Adobe, ticker ADBE, and it was
03:42up 0.39
03:43percent as Wall Street expects it to post quarterly earnings of 582 per share on revenue of 6.46
03:49billion after the closing bell today.
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