Futures jump as megacaps recover; inflation data awaited for policy cues
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Russell 2000 futures jump
Deckers, Baker Hughes climb after results
Dexcom slips after cutting revenue forecast
PCE inflation data due at 8:30 a.m. ET
Futures up: Dow 0.62%, S&P 500 0.75%, Nasdaq 0.98%
Updated at 7:09 a.m. ET/1109 GMT
By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal
July 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures rose on Friday, with Nasdaqfutures up nearly 1% as megacap tech and chip stocks rebounded after the week's walloping, while investors awaited U.S. inflation figures to justify bets on early rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
All the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks - Apple AAPL.O, Nvidia NVDA.O, Alphabet GOOGL.O, Microsoft MSFT.O, Meta Platforms META.O, Amazon.com AMZN.O and Tesla TSLA.O - were up between 0.7% and 2.2% in premarket trading.
Chip stocks also rebounded, with Intel INTC.O, Broadcom AVGO.O, Qualcomm QCOM.O, Micron Technology MU.O and Arm Holdings ARM.O up between 1% and 2%.
At 7:09 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were up 248 points, or 0.62%, S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were up 41 points, or 0.75%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were up 186 points, or 0.98%.
Investors have dumped tech stocks over thepast few weeks, with disappointing earnings from Alphabet and Tesla sparking a sharp sell-offin megacap and artificial-intelligence-linked stockson Wednesday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were on track for asecond straight weekly decline, if losses hold.
Concerns about WallStreet's growing dependence on a set of high-momentum stocks, whose valuations now appear inflated, have made underperformingsectors like mid- and small-cap stocks seem morealluring as the prospectof early rate cuts rises.
Futures tracking the small-cap Russell 2000 RTYcv1 jumped1.4% on Friday, with the index set for its third straight week of gains if trends hold.
"A brutal rotation from U.S. information technology leaders to U.S. small caps has encouraged the narrative of a healthy rotation and a Goldilocks scenario for equities," Yves Bonzon, chief investment officer at Julius Bar said in a note.
However, Bonzon said he remained wary, noting that "the odds of a correction are higher than those of a sustainable rotation".
The much-awaited Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index data - the Fed's preferred inflation gauge - will be watched to see if inflation cools further. Recent signs of easing inflation and a weakening labor market have boosted bets on an early start to the Fed's interest-rate cuts.
Traders have priced in around two rate cuts by December, according to LSEGdata, while bets of a 25-basis-point cut by the Fed's September meeting stood at 88%, according to CME's FedWatch.
The Commerce Department's report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show the PCE print rose0.1% on a monthly basis in June after last month's flat reading. Excluding volatile items such asfood and energy, the core figure is expected to increase0.1%, after a similar rise in May.
Earlier this week, data showing faster-than-expected second-quarter economic growth and subsiding inflation pressures kept hopes of a September rate cut intact, boosting the blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT.
On the earnings front, Deckers Outdoor DECK.N jumped 11% after raising its annual profit forecast following a first-quarter results beat, while Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes BKR.O climbed 2% after beating estimates for second-quarter profit.
Medical device maker Dexcom DXCM.O slumped 35.3% after cutting its annual revenue forecast, while drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb BMY.N rose4.7% after better-than-expected second-quarterresults.
Investors also kept an eye out for developments in the U.S. presidential race, with new opinion polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump.
Reporting by Ankika Biswas and Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Pooja Desai
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