Futures edge lower ahead of inflation test; Delta Airlines falls
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Futures down: Dow 0.13%, S&P 500 0.11%, Nasdaq 0.08%
Updated at 7:03 a.m. ET/1103 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Ankika Biswas
July 11 (Reuters) - U.S. indexfutures slipped on Thursday on expectations that akey inflation print could shape rate-cuts bets and put Wall Street's record-breaking run to the test, while Delta Air Lines slumped after a weak forecast, dragging other airline stocks.
All eyes are now on the Consumer Price Index to see if the numbers will indicate that inflation is on a downward trend. Economists polled by Reuters forecast that CPIslowed to 3.1% annually in June, from 3.3% in May, with core inflation expected to remain steady at 3.4%.
The S&P 500 notched its sixth consecutive record close and the Nasdaq its seventh on Wednesday, boosted by megacap and semiconductor stocks. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lifted expectations for policy easing in September, butreiterated that such adecision would depend on data.
"Inflation in May surprised on the downside, we expect today's numbers to pull in the lower direction, thereby supporting our forecast of two Fed cuts in the second half of the year," analysts at SEB Research said in a note.
"Powell said he wanted to see 'more good numbers' before it is possible to cut interest rates. Hopefully, he will get some of them today."
Among headlining stocks, Delta Air Lines DAL.N slumped9.7% in premarket trading after forecasting lower-than-expectedprofits in the current quarter, with the carrier citing discounting pressure on the lower end of the market.
United Airlines Holdings UAL.O, American Airlines Group AAL.O, Spirit Airlines SAVE.N, Alaska Air Group ALK.N and JetBlue Airways JBLU.O all lost between 2.1% and 4%.
In mixed range-bound trading for megacaps, AI-chip favorite Nvidia NVDA.O edgedup 0.6% after closing at a three-week high on Wednesday.
Investors will monitor weeklyjobless claims data later in the day, along with theProducer Price Inflation report on Friday for clues on the U.S. monetary policy outlook.
Traders are pricing in a 68% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut by September. That probability has hovered around 70% for the past week, but is up significantly from under 50% a month ago, according to CME's FedWatch.
Hopes for interest rates to be lowered, continued economic resilience and exuberance around artificial intelligence-linked stocks has kept Wall Street's main indexes at or near record highs this year.
Another key test for the rally is thesecond-quarter corporate earnings season, with all eyes onbig banks, which are scheduledto report on Friday.
At 7:03 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were down 54 points, or 0.13%, S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were down 6.25 points, or 0.11%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were down 17.75 points, or 0.08%.
Other single movers included PepsiCo PEP.O, which shed2% after the soda and snacks maker missed expectations forsecond-quarter revenue.
Citigroup C.Nslipped 1.3% after U.S. bank regulatorsfined the lender $136 million for making "insufficient progress" in fixing the data management issues identified in 2020.
Pfizer PFE.N rose3.6% following the drugmaker'splans to conduct studies in the second half of 2024 on a reworked, once-a-day version of its experimental obesity pill, danuglipron.
Alcoa AA.N rose2.4% after the aluminum producer's preliminary second-quarter results beat estimates.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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