Wall St set for strong open as megacaps recover; inflation data in focus
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US inflation rises moderately in June
Russell 2000 futures jump
Deckers, Baker Hughes climb after results
Dexcom slips after cutting revenue forecast
Futures up: Dow 0.54%, S&P 500 0.71%, Nasdaq 0.93%
Updated at 8:48 a.m. ET/1248 GMT
By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal
July 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were poised for a strong opening on Friday, with the Nasdaq taking the lead asmegacap tech and chip stocks recovered from the week's pummeling and a largely in-line key inflation reading kept rate-cut bets intact.
Data showed the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred inflation metric, rose 0.1% on a monthly basis in June and 2.5% annually, both as expected.
Core PCE, which excludes the volatile food and energy components, increased 0.2% monthly and 2.6% on an annual basis, both slightly above estimates.
The moderate rise in U.S. prices underscored an improving inflation environment, potentially positioning the Fed to begin easing policy in September.
"You've got a pretty nice (inflation) report here that further emboldens the soft landing narrative," said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments.
Bets of a 25-basis-point cut by the Fed's September meeting edged up to 91.5%, from 88% before the data, according to CME's FedWatch. Traders largely expect around two rate cuts by December, according to LSEG data.
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 0.6% and 3.5% in premarket trading.
The 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR turned lower after the PCE data.
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 1.4% and 3.4%.
At 8:48 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were up 219 points, or 0.54%, S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were up 38.75 points, or 0.71%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were up 177 points, or 0.93%.
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 shareson Wednesday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were on track for asecond straight weekly decline if losses hold.
"While it's been a rough week for the S&P and the Nasdaq, the rotation in the small caps and cyclicals has continued to have a much better week," Meckler said.
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 more attractive on the prospectof early rate cuts.
Futures tracking the Russell 2000 RTYcv1 jumped 1.2% on the day, with the small-cap index set for its third straight week of gains if trends hold.
Data released earlier this week showedfaster-than-expected second-quarter economic growth and subsiding inflationary pressures, keepinghopes of a September rate cut alive andboosting the blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT.
Deckers Outdoor DECK.N jumped 13.1% after raising its annual profit forecast, while Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes BKR.O climbed 3.1% after beating estimates for second-quarter profit.
Medical device maker Dexcom DXCM.O slumped 38.3% after cutting its annual revenue forecast.
Reporting by Ankika Biswas and Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Pooja Desai
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