Before the Bell | Investors' inflation expectations have fallen before April's US inflation report

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · May 11, 2022 06:12

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Market Snapshot

Stock futures were higher in early morning trading Wednesday ahead of a key U.S. inflation report.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ rose 1.00%, while $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ futures gained 1.20% and $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ futures were up 1.38%.

Before the Bell | Investors' inflation expectations have fallen before April's US inflation report

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