US pre-open: Futures flat ahead of July PPI reading
By Iain Gilbert
Date: Thursday 14 Aug 2025
(Sharecast News) - Wall Street futures were little changed ahead of the bell as investors awaited the release of last month's producer price index.
As of 1240 BST, Dow Jones futures were flat, while both S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures had the indices opening 0.04% lower.
The Dow closed 463.66 points higher on Wednesday as sentiment continued to get a boost from tamer-than-expected CPI data released a day earlier, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closed at fresh record highs.
Thursday's primary focus will likely be July's producer price index reading, scheduled for 1330 BST, with economists expecting to see the measure of wholesale prices to show a 0.2% increase month-on-month after coming in flat in June. Elsewhere on the macro front, weekly jobless claims data from the Labor Department will also be published at 1330 BST.
Rostro's Joshua Mahony said: "US inflation comes back into focus with PPI factory prices providing yet another look into the effects of Trump's trade policy. Thus far, we have seen little impact of tariffs on the PPI input cost prices, although that could be a case of businesses simply drawing down on stockpiles thus far.
Meanwhile, traders will be keeping a close eye out for the latest jobless claims data, with the recent NFP revisions highlighting the potential narrative around a weakening jobs market. Notably, last week saw the highest continuing jobless claims figure since November 2021, and thus another push higher could provide a timely reminder that the Fed need to act before things get any worse."
In the corporate space, tech giant Cisco traded lower in pre-market on the back of Q4 results that only narrowly beat, while Deere shares sank after the agricultural machinery business issued some mixed FY guidance.
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
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