(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher in range-bound trading on Tuesday as bets of a September interest rate cut solidified ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole later this week. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq extended gains to an eighth straight session on Monday, their longest winning streak so far this year. Recent...

MUMBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - STOCKS: The benchmark BSE Sensex was up 0.4% to 80,736.00, while the broader NSE index was up 0.4% to 24,683.30, led by financials and information technology stocks, as rising expectations of an aggressive rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in September boosted sentiment and spurred a global equities rally. RUPEE: The Indian rupee strengthened...

05:24 AM EDT, 08/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will remain noncommittal this week on the size of the interest-rate cut anticipated in September, according to a research note from D.A. Davidson. Powell will deliver his remarks on Friday at the Jackson Hole Symposium, Aug. 22-24, where the theme is Reassessing the Effectiveness and Transition of Monetary...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures up: Dow 0.01%, S&P 500 0.07%, Nasdaq 0.13% Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher in range-bound trading on Tuesday as bets of a September interest rate cut solidified ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...