{"id":82588,"date":"2026-07-30T17:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=82588"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:10:51","slug":"thursday-30th-july-2026-u-s-futures-rise-as-investors-assess-fed-decision-and-big-tech-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/thursday-30th-july-2026-u-s-futures-rise-as-investors-assess-fed-decision-and-big-tech-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 30th July 2026: U.S. Futures Rise as Investors Assess Fed Decision and Big Tech Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 1.18%, Shanghai Composite down 1.15% Hang Seng down 0.15% ASX down 0.73%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,056.40 (0.50%) Silver at $57.745 (-0.59%), Brent Oil at 87.23 (-0.98%), WTI Oil at 83.69 (-0.91%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.701, UK 10-year yield at 5.0381, Germany 10-year yield at 3.1559<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(USD) Federal Funds Rate 3.75%\u00a0 to 3.75%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock futures moved higher Wednesday night as investors evaluated the Federal Reserve\u2019s decision to leave interest rates unchanged and digested mixed earnings from major technology companies. Dow futures rose 158 points, or 0.3%, while S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rebound followed a sharp sell-off on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1,153 points (2.19%), its biggest one-day decline since April 2025. The S&amp;P 500 lost 1.52%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.74%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets traded mixed. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.25%, Topix declined 0.59%, South Korea\u2019s Kospi rose 0.89%, while Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 edged 0.26% lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the bell, Meta Platforms dropped 7% in extended trading after issuing a weaker-than-expected revenue outlook. Microsoft surged 8% as robust Azure cloud growth boosted investor confidence, highlighting contrasting outcomes from the companies\u2019 AI investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Treasury yields climbed after the Fed maintained rates, with the 30-year Treasury yield rising above 5.2%, its highest level since 2007. Investors are now looking ahead to Thursday\u2019s key economic releases, including weekly jobless claims, June\u2019s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation report, and second-quarter GDP data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corporate earnings also remain in focus, with Bristol-Myers Squibb reporting before the open, followed by Amazon, Apple, and Coinbase after the closing bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12:30 PM GMT &#8211; USD Core PCE Price Index m\/m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: U.S. stock futures moved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":79441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82589,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82588\/revisions\/82589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}