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U.S. stocks may open Thursday’s session mostly higher, attempting to break out of the current lackluster phase. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) provided a much-needed boost for tech stocks with its optimistic first-quarter forecast, just in time for the tech earnings season. The pullback in bond yields could serve as an upside catalyst.
As traders enter the session, reactions to economic data on jobless claims, regional manufacturing activity, and housing starts are anticipated.
Cues From Wednesday's Trading:
US Index Performance On Wednesday
Index | Performance (+/-) | Value |
Nasdaq Composite | -0.59% | 14,855.62 |
S&P 500 Index | -0.56% | 4,739.21 |
Dow Industrials | -0.25% | 37,266.67 |
Russell 2000 | -0.73% | 1,913.17 |
Analyst Color:
An analyst at Morgan Stanley said investors remain complacent and the lofty investor expectations leave little margin for error. Despite the equity market’s lackluster performance so far in January, investors apparently are confident of the economy achieving a soft landing and the Federal Reserve being successful in taming inflation, said Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett.
The analyst sees looming risks, such as the inability of companies to hit lofty earnings goals and tighter financial conditions.
“We believe the time may have passed for investors to make the ‘easy money’ from U.S. stocks recouping their losses in the 2022-2023 bear market. Now, establishing a foundation for a new bull market will require some heavier lifting than what the market currently seems to be anticipating,” Shalett said.
“In the meantime, we expect mid-single-digit returns in U.S. stocks and bonds, with markets likely trading without extreme sustained moves in either direction.”
Futures Today
Futures Performance On Thursday
Futures | Performance (+/-) |
Nasdaq 100 | +0.73% |
S&P 500 | +0.36% |
Dow | -0.03% |
R2K | +0.53% |
In premarket trading on Thursday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) rose 0.38% to $474.09 and the Invesco QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) gained 0.75% to $410.25, according to Benzinga Pro data.
Upcoming Economic Data:
The Labor Department is scheduled to release its weekly jobless claims data at 8:30 a.m. ET. The number of individuals claiming unemployment benefits may have edged up from 202,000 in the week ended January 6 to 207,000 in the week ended January 13.
The Commerce Department will release its housing starts report for December at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists, on average, expect housing starts to come in at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.426 million units, down from the 1.560-million-unit rate in November. Building permits, a measure of future housing activity, may have edged up from 1.467 million units to 1.480 million units.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve is scheduled to release the results of its regional manufacturing survey at 8:30 a.m. ET. The diffusion index of business activity is expected to remain at a negative 7 for January, although from a negative 10.5 in December.
The Energy Information Administration will release its weekly petroleum status report at 11 a.m. ET.
Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic is due to speak at 11 a.m. ET and 12:05 p.m. ET.
The Treasury will auction four- and eight-week notes at 11:30 a.m. ET and 10-year TIPS at 1 p.m. ET.
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Stocks In Focus:
Commodities, Bonds, Other Global Equity Markets:
Crude oil futures rose 0.28% to $72.68 in early European session on Thursday after ending the previous session marginally lower.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 0.012 percentage points to 4.09% on Thursday.
The Asian markets ended mixed, as China and Hong Kong rebounded from the previous session’s sharp losses, while most other markets fretted over the weak Wall Street cues. European stocks traded solidly higher in late-morning trading.
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