06:59 AM EDT, 05/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity markets were trending marginally higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as investors take positions ahead of the release of a key inflation report. The S&P 500 futures and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly in the green each, while the Nasdaq remained nearly flat before the opening bell. The majority of...

May 15 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index ticked slightly higher on Wednesday, supported by a rise in commodity prices, while investors remained cautious ahead of crucial U.S. consumer prices data that could shed light on the interest rate cut timeline. June futures on the S&P/TSX index were up 0.2% at 6:40 a.m. ET (10:40 GMT). U.S. consumer...

U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 150 points on Wednesday. The Dow traded up 0.59% to 39,790.88 while the NASDAQ rose 0.93% to 16,665.13. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.80% to 5,288.72. Check This Out: Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts’ Views On 3 Materials Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields Leading and Lagging Sectors...

06:45 AM EDT, 05/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were uneven Wednesday, as traders awaited the pending inflation report from Washington and weighed fresh trade tensions between the US and China. Tokyo finished modestly in the green, Shanghai fell back, and Hong Kong was closed on holiday. Other regional exchanges were mixed. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher...