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Futures down: Dow 0.49%, S&P 500 0.23%, Nasdaq 0.38%
(Updated at 07:02 a.m. ET/1102 GMT)
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal
Oct 23 (Reuters) -
U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday as Treasury
yields rose, driven by concerns of a potentially less dovish
Federal Reserve, while investors focused on corporate earnings
from Coca-Cola and Starbucks ( SBUX ) to assess the health of the
economy.
Dow E-minis were down 213 points, or 0.49%, S&P
500 E-minis were down 13.75 points, or 0.23% and Nasdaq
100 E-minis were down 78.5 points, or 0.38%.
U.S. Treasury yields were trading at three-month highs,
pressuring stocks as markets reassess the size of interest-rate
cuts over the next several months against the backdrop of strong
economic data.
"It's clear to cross-asset watchers like us that stocks are
finally being pulled downward by the rise in yields that has
characterized global bond markets since late September," said
Thierry Wizman, Global FX & Rates strategist at Macquarie.
Investors are pricing in about two rate cuts by the end of
2024, according to data compiled by LSEG.
In earnings, Starbucks ( SBUX ) lost 4.7% after the company
suspended its annual forecast on Tuesday and reported revenue
and profit declines in preliminary fourth-quarter results.
Coca-Cola rose 1.1% in premarket trading after it
said it expects annual organic sales at the high end of its
previous range.
Tesla will be the first of the so-called
Magnificent Seven companies to report results after markets
close. Its shares slipped 0.7%.
U.S. markets are near record high levels, but a combination
of earnings, a changing monetary policy outlook and the upcoming
presidential election will test the sustainability of the recent
rally and could add some volatility to markets.
Investors are also focused on the rising chances of a second
Donald Trump administration, whose policies for spending and
tariff implementation are expected to lift the U.S. deficit and
inflation.
While 21% of S&P 500 companies have reported so far,
according to LSEG data, 82% have exceeded earnings estimates.
The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 were little changed, while
the Nasdaq eked out a slight win in the choppy previous session.
September home sales data and the Fed's Beige Book are
scheduled for release, while Fed officials Michelle Bowman and
Thomas Barkin are set to speak later in the day.
Meanwhile, semiconductor company Texas Instruments ( TXN )
gained 3.1% after its third-quarter profit beat forecasts.
Shares of McDonald's slumped 7% after an E.coli
infection linked to the company's Quarter Pounder hamburgers
killed one and sickened many.
Qualcomm ( QCOM ) was down 3.7% after a report said Arm
Holdings is cancelling an architectural license
agreement that allows the chipmaker to use intellectual property
to design chips.
Telecom firm AT&T ( T ) was up 1.9% after
gaining
more wireless subscribers than expected in the third
quarter.