A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With U.S. stocks at new records and devastating Hurricane Milton now weakening as it passes over Florida, the shifting U.S. interest rate horizon is back in focus with September's key inflation update due on Thursday. Despite the stormy weather and Middle East anxiety, U.S. economic soundings...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With U.S. stocks at new records and devastating Hurricane Milton now weakening as it passes over Florida, the shifting U.S. interest rate horizon is back in focus with September's key inflation update due on Thursday. Despite the stormy weather and Middle East anxiety, U.S. economic soundings...

07:13 AM EDT, 10/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The main US stock measures were pointing lower before the opening bell Thursday as traders await a key inflation report. Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq declined 0.2% each in premarket activity, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%. Asian exchanges were tracking in the green, while the majority of European...

06:44 AM EDT, 10/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets gained ground Thursday on the disclosure of stimulus from Beijing's central bank, Wall Street cues and foreign-exchange rates of Japanese yen. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, as did most other regional exchanges. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher on New York signals and held ground,...