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Boeing ( BA ) rises after FAA approves 737 MAX production hike

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By Pranav Kashyap and Twesha Dikshit

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures edged higher on

Monday, as investors awaited earnings from corporate

heavyweights and a delayed inflation report that could trigger

fresh market moves later this week.

Markets were nursing bruises from last week's turbulence, as

fears of systemic credit stress in the banking sector unnerved

traders globally. However, upbeat earnings from some regional

U.S. banks allayed concerns, offering a brief reprieve from the

volatility.

Earnings from Wall Street majors, including Tesla,

Ford, GM, Netflix ( NFLX ), Procter & Gamble ( PG )

, Coca-Cola, IBM ( IBM ) and Intel ( INTC ), are

also set to roll in this week, presenting a fresh stress test

for the stock market.

Third-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies were estimated

to grow 9.3% over the year earlier, according to LSEG IBES data.

At 06:52 a.m., Dow E-minis were up 48 points, or

0.1%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 11.5 points, or 0.17%, and

Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 63 points, or 0.25%.

All three indexes closed higher on Friday and logged weekly

gains.

The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street's fear gauge,

also rose to its highest level in nearly six months on Friday,

after renewed U.S.-China trade tensions fueled a flight to

safety.

U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of lowering

tariffs, if Beijing resumes key purchases such as soybeans.

While Trump acknowledged that a proposed 100% tariff on Chinese

goods would not be sustainable, he pinned the latest breakdown

in talks on China's tightening grip over rare earth exports.

Deutsche Bank analysts said Trump's dialed down rhetoric

"added to investor expectations that those 100% tariffs won't

come into force".

Trump, however, vowed to keep "massive" tariffs on India if

New Delhi did not cease purchasing Russian oil. The U.S.

president also said he would raise tariffs on Colombia amid a

feud where he has accused Bogota of complacency in the illicit

drug trade.

DELAYED CPI

The U.S. government shutdown has stalled key economic data

releases since October 1, but attention now turns to the

consumer price report, a closely watched inflation gauge that is

due on Friday, just ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy

meeting on October 28-29.

September's core inflation is expected to hold steady at

3.1%.

"There's still no sign of a compromise between Republicans

and Democrats that would see the government re-open. In terms of

the market implications, this is still affecting the flow of

economic data, so we're not getting regular releases," Henry

Allen, macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, said.

Meanwhile, the Fed has not pushed back against rate-cut

expectations, and markets are pricing in a quarter-point easing

this month, with another reduction likely in December.

In premarket trading, Boeing ( BA ) shares rose 1.3% after

the planemaker won approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation

Administration to raise 737 MAX production to 42 planes per

month.

WeightWatchers climbed 14% after the company

partnered with Amazon for weight-loss drug delivery.