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Futures up: Dow 0.12%, S&P 500 0.19%, Nasdaq 0.34%

Sept 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher

on Monday, after Wall Street closed lower in the previous

session, buoyed by rising hopes that the Federal Reserve could

soon resume its monetary easing cycle.

Investors firmed bets on a 25-basis-point cut in September

after Friday's worrying nonfarm payrolls report confirmed the

U.S. labor market was deteriorating. The bets now stand at 90%,

according to CME Group's FedWatch tool.

A jumbo 50-bps cut was also on the cards, compared to no

such expectation before the data was released.

Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Friday, however,

as the initial rate-cut optimism faded and stoked fears of a

potential slowdown in the world's biggest economy.

Numerous brokerages revised their calls for Fed rate cuts.

Barclays now anticipates three cuts of 25 bps each in 2025

compared with two earlier, while Standard Chartered expects a

50-bps trim in September - double its earlier projection of a

25-bps reduction.

At 05:22 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 54 points, or

0.12%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 12.5 points, or 0.19%,

and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 80.5 points, or 0.34%.

Inflation data will be on investors' radar this week to

gauge the impact of President Donald Trump's tariff policies on

the U.S. economy, and whether it could strengthen the case for a

bigger cut.

A preliminary reading of the University of Michigan's

sentiment survey and a revision to the Bureau of Labor

Statistics' payrolls benchmark are also due this week.

The Fed now enters a "blackout" period that barrs public

statements in the run up to its September 16-17 meeting.

The S&P and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday, logging

gains last week in a positive start to a historically dour

September.

The benchmark S&P 500 has lost 1.5% on average in the month

- its worst month since 2000 - data compiled by LSEG shows.

Among stocks, retail trading platform Robinhood Markets ( HOOD )

and marketing platform AppLovin ( APP ) gained 7.5% and

7.7%, respectively, in premarket trading.

The companies are set to join the S&P 500, effective

September 22, after being snubbed during the last rebalancing.