Wall Street set for steady open after tech selloff; Morgan Stanley jumps
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Morgan Stanley rises as Q3 profit jumps
Intel slips after China cyber body recommends review
Interactive Brokers down; missed Q3 adjusted estimates
Futures up: Dow 0.08%, S&P 500 0.07%, Nasdaq 0.1%
Updated at 8:26 a.m. ET/1226 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were on track for a muted open onWednesday, following a selloff in tech and oil stocksin the previous session, as investors parsed quarterly results from banks including Morgan Stanley.
Morgan Stanley MS.N rose 3.5% in premarket trading, with the bank joining peers such as JPMorgan Chase JPM.N in reporting strong profits after a sharp increase in investment banking revenue.
Among other lenders, Citizens Financial Group CFG.N slipped 1.8%, First Horizon FHN.N gained 2% and U.S. Bancorp USB.N rose 2.8% after reporting third-quarter results.
Meanwhile, semiconductor companies were mixed, withheavyweight Nvidia NVDA.O up 0.8% after slumping nearly 5% in the previous session.
The U.S.-listing of chip equipment-maker ASML Holding ASML.O ASML.AS lost 4.3% after the company cut its 2025 financial forecast when it reported results on Tuesday. The company also warned about market weakness and delayed orders, sparking concerns about the technology sector.
Intel INTC.O dipped 1.7% after the Cybersecurity Association of China recommendedinitiating a review of the chipmaker's products sold in the country.
Steep declines in semiconductor and oil stocks dragged on Wall Street on Tuesday, as investors were assessinga mixed-bag of earnings. Shares of health insurer UnitedHealth UNH.N also slumped, offsetting the gains from major banks reporting upbeat results.
"We're definitely looking to be pretty flat across major indices, we had a big down day yesterday, driven primarily by some idiosyncratic news around a few names, and that's going to continue in the middle of earnings season," said Zachary Hill, head of portfolio management at Horizon Investments.
"Generally speaking, bank earnings have been pretty well received by the market and that has been helpful for broad indices... you definitely need things other than tech to be working in order for that to continue."
Dow E-minis 1YMcv1 were up 35 points, or 0.08%, U.S. S&P 500 E-minis EScv1 were up 4.25 points, or 0.07%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis NQcv1 were up 19.5 points, or 0.1%.
Futures tracking the small-cap Russell 2000 RTYcv1 jumped 0.9% after the index .RUT closed flat in the previous session.
More corporate earnings aredue through the week, along with key economic data including the retail sales and industrial production figures on Thursday, all of which are expected to shed light on consumer health and the growth outlook for the world's largest economy.
The S&P 500 and the Dow were trading around record high levels despite Tuesday's fall, with continued optimism about future rate cuts from the Federal Reserve as well as economic growth buoying sentiment.
Bets on a 25-basis-point rate cut at the central bank's Novembermeeting have risen above 90%, according to CME's FedWatch.
Shares of Interactive Brokers Group IBKR.O fell 2.8% after missing estimates for adjusted third-quarter earnings, while Synchrony Financial SYF.N gained 4.8% after the results.
United Airlines UAL.O rose 1% after it forecast better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and announced a $1.5-billion share buyback program on Tuesday.
J.B. Hunt JBHT.O climbed 7.1% after beating third-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday after the bell.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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