S&P 500 Futures Rise as Inflation Cools and Bank Earnings Loom

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US stock futures pointed higher Monday morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.4%, as investors weighed cooling inflation against uneven global growth. Softer price data in France, where inflation sits at 1.8%, suggested easing cost-of-living pressures that could reduce the need for further central bank rate hikes, while weaker industrial output in Italy and Turkey hinted at slowing factory activity. Among individual movers, Cerebras Systems jumped 8.34% after announcing expanded manufacturing and new European AI infrastructure capacity, Meta Platforms rose 5.97% on AI chip and cloud compute plans, and SBA Communications gained 4.14%. On the downside, Moderna fell 10.83% amid renewed political focus on vaccine skepticism, Okta declined 6.86%, and MongoDB dropped 5.73% despite recent analyst price target increases. Looking ahead, big bank earnings are set to dominate the narrative, with JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America reporting Tuesday, followed by BlackRock, PNC Financial, Bank of New York Mellon, Progressive, Elevance Health, J.B. Hunt, and United Airlines on Wednesday.

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MongoDB
MDB
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Stock dropped 5.73% despite recent analyst price target increases, indicating market disappointment.

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Biotech & Genomic Medicine▼
Moderna Inc
MRNA
▼ NegativeRegulationrelevance

Fell 10.83% amid renewed political focus on vaccine skepticism.

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Health Care▲
Cybersecurity & Digital Trust▲