US stock futures climbed on Friday as Wall Street tempered its rate-cut hopes and awaited July's retail sales report. UnitedHealth (UNH) stock also soared after a regulatory filing showed Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought 5 million shares in the company.

U.S. stock futures are trading mixed early Thursday as traders await another key inflation figure, the Producer Price Index, today. Global markets

(Reuters) -Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes were pinned at record highs on Wednesday, buoyed by increasing confidence that the Federal Reserve could restart its monetary policy easing cycle next month.

Good morning. Futures are slightly up this morning after Tuesday's inflation report, which saw the Russell 2000 rise nearly 3%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq set fresh records, while the former surpassed 6,400 for the first time. There are 168 earnings reports on deck for today, per data from TipRanks.

All three major stock indexes finished higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite climbing to fresh records despite bouts of weakness, as traders boosted the chances of 2025 interest-rate cuts.