{"id":83047,"date":"2026-08-14T16:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=83047"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:27:32","slug":"friday-14th-august-2026-stock-futures-steady-after-sp-500-hits-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/friday-14th-august-2026-stock-futures-steady-after-sp-500-hits-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 14th August 2026: Stock Futures Steady After S&amp;P 500 Hits Record High"},"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 0.34%, Shanghai Composite down 0.21% Hang Seng down 1.07% ASX down 1.02%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,379.87 (-0.91%) Silver at $64.085 (-1.40%), Brent Oil at 87.14 (0.08%), WTI Oil at 81.37 (0.14%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.655, UK 10-year yield at 4.9563, Germany 10-year yield at 3.1390<\/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 Unemployment Claims<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0209%\u00a0 to 202%\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 early Friday following a record-setting session, with the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite on track for their third consecutive weekly gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S&amp;P 500 futures hovered near the flatline, while Nasdaq-100 futures edged lower. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose about 37 points. On Thursday, the S&amp;P 500 reached an intraday record of 7,816.70 and also finished at an all-time high. Technology and communication services stocks led gains, climbing roughly 1% each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets were mixed. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 gained 0.44%, while the Topix rose 0.49%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi advanced 1.14%, although the Kosdaq slipped 0.57%. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng fell 0.93%, China\u2019s CSI 300 edged down 0.12%, and Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 declined 0.92%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors remain encouraged by strong corporate earnings. With more than 90% of S&amp;P 500 companies reporting second-quarter results, earnings growth is tracking around 50% from a year earlier, according to FactSet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Software stocks have also rebounded strongly after a weak first quarter. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF has gained about 28% over six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading into Friday, the S&amp;P 500 was up 0.5% for the week, while the Nasdaq had gained 0.4%. The Dow was down 0.4%. Investors will focus on July retail sales, expected to rise 0.1% month over month.<\/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>2:00 PM GMT &#8211;\u00a0 USD\u00a0 Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment<\/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-83047","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\/83047","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=83047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83048,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83047\/revisions\/83048"}],"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=83047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}