{"id":113203,"date":"2025-03-28T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=113203"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:27:04","slug":"u-s-stock-futures-edge-lower-as-markets-brace-for-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/u-s-stock-futures-edge-lower-as-markets-brace-for-inflation-data\/03\/28\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Stock Futures Edge Lower as Markets Brace for Inflation Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>U.S. stock futures<\/strong> dipped slightly on <strong>Friday<\/strong>, with <strong>investors remaining cautious<\/strong> amid <strong>Trump\u2019s aggressive trade tariffs<\/strong> and <strong>upcoming inflation data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stock Index Futures Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dow Jones Futures<\/strong>: <strong>\u2193 25 points (-0.1%)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S&amp;P 500 Futures<\/strong>: <strong>\u2193 8 points (-0.1%)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nasdaq 100 Futures<\/strong>: <strong>\u2193 48 points (-0.2%)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trade Tensions Weigh on Markets<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wall Street closed lower for a second consecutive session<\/strong> on Thursday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>S&amp;P 500 (-0.3%)<\/strong>, <strong>Nasdaq Composite (-0.5%)<\/strong>, and <strong>Dow Jones (-0.4%)<\/strong> all fell, nearing <strong>six-month lows<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s <strong>25% auto tariffs<\/strong> (effective April 3) and <strong>auto parts duties (May 3)<\/strong> have raised concerns over <strong>inflation and economic slowdown<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PCE Inflation Data in Focus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index<\/strong>\u2014the <strong>Fed\u2019s preferred inflation gauge<\/strong>\u2014is set for release later today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economists expect <strong>core PCE to accelerate slightly<\/strong>, fueling <strong>concerns over prolonged high inflation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Fed recently paused rate hikes<\/strong>, citing <strong>uncertainty around Trump\u2019s trade policies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Sector Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lululemon (LULU)<\/strong> shares dropped in premarket trading, as <strong>weak future guidance<\/strong> overshadowed <strong>strong holiday earnings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>EU is reportedly imposing minimal fines<\/strong> on <strong>Apple (AAPL) and Meta (META)<\/strong> under the <strong>Digital Markets Act<\/strong>, aiming to <strong>avoid escalating tensions with Trump<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>global trade uncertainty and inflation risks<\/strong> dominating sentiment, <strong>investors remain risk-averse<\/strong> heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. stock futures dipped slightly on Friday, with investors remaining cautious amid Trump\u2019s aggressive trade tariffs and upcoming inflation data. Stock Index Futures Performance Dow Jones Futures: \u2193 25 points (-0.1%) S&amp;P 500 Futures: \u2193 8 points (-0.1%) Nasdaq 100 Futures: \u2193 48 points (-0.2%) Trade Tensions Weigh on Markets Wall Street closed lower for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":108778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,37,39,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-forex-markets","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113204,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203\/revisions\/113204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}