Futures rise with economic data, Fed's rate-cut decision on tap
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Microsoft gains after new share buyback plan, dividend hike
Intel jumps after collaboration with Amazon's AWS
August retail sales, industrial production data awaited
Futures up: Dow 0.20%, S&P 500 0.27%, Nasdaq 0.45%
Updated at 07:09 a.m. ET/1109 GMT
By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal
Sept 17 (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Tuesdayas investors awaited a clutch ofeconomic reports andclung to hopes of a half-percentage-point rate cut at the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting,which starts later in the day.
The S&P 500 .SPX ended its sixth straight session higher and near a record high on Monday, helped by Financials .SPSY and Energy .SPNY stocks.
The Dow .DJI also closed at a record high. However, the Nasdaq .IXIC ended the session lower as investors rotated away from techstocks .SPLRCT, which have led much of this year's rally.
Microsoft MSFT.O rose 1.60% in premarket trading on the day after the AI-frontrunner's board approved a new $60-billion share buyback program and hiked its quarterly dividend by 10%.
Among growth stocks, Alphabet GOOGL.O and Meta <META.O> added 0.50%and 0.36%,respectively, while Nvidia NVDA.O inched up 0.81%.The yield on two-year Treasury bonds US2YT=RR hovered near levels last seen over a year ago. US/
At 07:09 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis 1YMcv1 were up 85 points, or 0.20%, S&P 500 E-minis EScv1 were up 15.25 points, or 0.27% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis NQcv1 were up 87 points, or 0.45%.
Reports on industrial production and retail sales for August, expected through the day,are among the last datasets before the Fed's highly anticipated two-day meeting.
Traders are betting on a 65% probability the world's most influential central bank will decide to lower borrowing costs by a bigger 50 basis points, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
Odds favoring a smaller 25 bps reduction have slipped to 35% from 66% a week earlier, as investors focused on remarks from a former policymaker supporting an outsized move and signs of a cooling labor market, among other indicators.
Starting with a 50-basis-point cut accompanied by a calm, cautious message could give the Fed a headstart without spooking the markets, Gabriele Foà, portfolio manager at Algebris Investments, said in a note.
"Starting with 25 basis points requires a more dovish message to satisfy market pricing for the remainder of the year," he said.
September has historically been weak for U.S. equities, with the benchmark S&P 500 down about 1.20% for the month on an average since 1928. The index has lost about 0.30% so far this September.
Still, a survey of BofA fund managers showed global investor sentiment improved in September 2024 for the first time since June on optimism around a soft landing and rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Among other movers, Intel INTC.O jumped 7.0% after signing up Amazon.com's AMZN.O cloud services unit as a customer to make custom artificial-intelligence chips.
Viasat VSAT.O dropped 4.2% after brokerage J.P.Morgan downgraded it to "neutral" from "overweight". Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE.N gained 3.4% after BofA Global Research upgraded the server maker to "buy" from "neutral".
SolarEdge SEDG.O fell 6.6% after Jefferies downgraded the solar inverter maker to "underperform" from "hold" and slashed its price target to the lowest on Wall Street.
Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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