Megacaps, chip stocks lift futures before Powell testimony
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S&P 500 notches 35th record closing high this year
Powell to speak at 10 a.m. ET
Lilly up after data shows its Mounjaro more efficient than Wegovy
Futures up: Dow 0.08%, S&P 500 0.22%, Nasdaq 0.37%
Updated at 7:12 a.m. ET
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Ankika Biswas
July 9 (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, with semiconductor andmegacap technology stocks set to prolong Monday's rally as investors awaited comments fromFederal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for clues on the central bank's monetarypolicy path.
The S&P 500 .SPX and the Nasdaq .IXIC inched upwards to close at record highs on Monday, lifted by the rally in chip stocks as the Philadelphia semiconductor index .SOX rose to a more than two-week high.
That marked the 35th time this year the benchmark index has set a fresh closing record, as sharp gains in AI-linked and other tech shares have kept equity sentiment bright, offsetting the uncertainty around the Fed'srate-cut plans.
Intel INTC.O shares leapt 3.2% in premarket trading after jumping over 6% on Monday, while AI-chip favorite Nvidia NVDA.O and Marvell Technology MRVL.O gained over 1% each.
Investors will scrutinize Powell's Congressional testimony later in the day to gauge how the central bank is assessing recent economic data that pointsto a slowdown in the labor market, amid other signs of potential economic weakness. The testimony, followed by questions from lawmakers, is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. ET.
"We expect Mr. Powell's comments in the Q&A to be either balanced or slightly dovish, given the resumption in progress on disinflation and signs that economic activity and employment are slowing, albeit gradually," analysts at Unicredit said in a note.
Policymakers' own projections show an expectation of just one rate cut this year, but markets have stuck to pricing in 50 basis points of easing, seeing a nearly 74% chance for a 25 bps cut at the Fed's September meeting, according to CME's FedWatch.
Those bets have risen from under 50% a month ago.
Rate-sensitive megacap stocks Microsoft MSFT.O, Amazon.com AMZN.O, Alphabet GOOGL.O and Meta Platforms META.O were up between 0.3% and 0.5%.
"The market is continuing on a bull run and, with the prospects of rate cuts, I believe may continue for a while," said WisdomTree senior economist Jeremy Siegel.
Crucial inflation data is also due this week. Thursday's consumer price index and Friday's release of the producer price index numbers willprovide insights into whether inflationary pressures in the world's largest economy are easing.
Investors are also looking ahead to the start of the second-quarter corporate earnings season this week, with big banks reporting on Friday.
Analysts, on average, see S&P 500 companies increasing their aggregate earnings per share by 10.1% in the second quarter, up from an 8.2% increase in the first quarter, according to LSEG I/B/E/S data.
At 7:12 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were up 30 points, or 0.08%, S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were up 12.5 points, or 0.22%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were up 77.25 points, or 0.37%.
Among single movers, Tempus AI TEM.O jumped 5.2% after multiple brokerages including J.P.Morgan and Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of the stock with bullish ratings.
Eli Lilly <LLY.N>gained 0.4% after a data analysis report published on Monday showed its treatment Mounjaro leads to faster and greater weight loss than Novo Nordisk's obesity drug, Wegovy.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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