{"id":83014,"date":"2026-08-13T17:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=83014"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:19:30","slug":"thursday-13th-august-2026-u-s-stock-futures-hold-steady-ahead-of-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/thursday-13th-august-2026-u-s-stock-futures-hold-steady-ahead-of-inflation-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 13th August 2026: U.S. Stock Futures Hold Steady Ahead of Inflation Data"},"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 1.88%, Shanghai Composite up 0.42% Hang Seng up 0.10% ASX down 0.46%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,464.70 (-0.07%) Silver at $65.580 (-0.18%), Brent Oil at 88.30 (-0.75%), WTI Oil at 82.49 (-0.94%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.664, UK 10-year yield at 4.9744, Germany 10-year yield at 3.1570<\/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) \u00a0 Core CPI m\/m \u00a0 0.2%\u00a0 to 0.2%\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 were little changed Wednesday night as investors awaited fresh inflation data and assessed the latest batch of corporate earnings. Dow Jones futures hovered slightly above the flatline, while S&amp;P 500 futures edged lower and Nasdaq-100 futures slipped 0.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets were mostly higher Thursday. South Korea\u2019s Kospi jumped 4%, Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 gained 1.5%, while Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 declined 0.12%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors are now focused on Thursday\u2019s July producer price index (PPI), due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect producer prices to rise 0.2% month over month. The report follows Wednesday\u2019s consumer price index (CPI), which showed inflation rising 0.1% in July, matching expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The softer-than-expected inflation environment helped the S&amp;P 500 finish higher for the first time in three sessions and reduced expectations for a September rate hike. However, Interactive Brokers senior economist Jos\u00e9 Torres said markets still favor a rate increase in October or December as policymakers assess economic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors will also watch July retail sales data on Friday, with economists expecting a modest 0.1% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, earnings remained a key focus. CoreWeave and several other technology companies rallied after reporting results, while Cisco, Cerebras and Coherent fell sharply following their earnings releases.<\/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;\u00a0 USD \u00a0 Unemployment Claims<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: U.S. stock futures were [&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-83014","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\/83014","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=83014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83015,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83014\/revisions\/83015"}],"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=83014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}