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Stock market news live updates: May 12, 2022

By Tisha Tanious 2 weeks ago

U.S. stock futures edged slightly higher ahead of overnight trading Wednesday following another down day in markets as investors digested inflation data that showed price levels remained elevated in April.

Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose 0.3% after the index settled at 3,935.18, or its lowest level since March 2021. The S&P 500 is down more than 17% in the first 90 trading days of 2022, marking its second worst start to a year, according to data from Compound Capital Advisors. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 0.2% after a decline of 300 points, or just over 1% in the main session, and Nasdaq Futures advanced 0.3% after the tech-heavy benchmark fell 3% during the trading day.

The moves build on a streak of sharp losses in equity markets and follow April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) out Wednesday, which showed an inflation rate that held near a 40-year high despite a marginal pullback from the prior month. Furthermore, the so-called core price index, which excludes the volatile food and energy categories, came in higher than economists had anticipated, stoking worries among investors that elevated prices may persist.

April’s snapshot of inflation across the U.S. comes as investors gauge how aggressively the Federal Reserve will intervene to rein in rising price levels via monetary tightening, including increases on interest rates. Uncertainty around the central bank’s next move has spurred turbulence across risk assets, sending all three major indexes to their lowest trading levels year-to-date.

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“Inflation appears to be entrenched within many areas of the economy and regardless if we have witnessed inflation peak, a persistently slow grind lower will be more problematic for the Fed to simultaneously cool inflation without tipping the economy into recession,” Charlie Ripley, a senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management, said in an emailed note Wednesday.

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that interest rate hikes of 50 basis points were likely in the next two Federal Reserve policy-setting meetings, while leaving an increase of 75 basis points on the table as the central bank ramps up its inflation-mitigation efforts.

“It’s going to be challenging, no doubt, because there are things going on on both the supply side and the demand side,” Mester said. “But the risks to inflation remaining high get even more risky as we keep going because of inflation expectations, so it’s really important we’re committed to doing what we need to do.”

Peter Essele, head of portfolio management, Commonwealth Financial Network, said if inflation levels out in the second half of the year, there will be less pressure on the Fed to combat elevated price levels with aggressive monetary policies, “which leaves open the possibility of a soft landing of the economy as opposed to the crash and burn that markets have been pricing in as of late.”

“The second half of the year could be a strong period for equities and bonds if inflation continues to moderate and the magnitude of interest rate hikes come in under expectations,” Essele said in a note. “Currently, investors are pricing in a doomsday scenario with inflation and are missing the forest for the trees.”

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6:14 p.m. ET Wednesday: Stock futures edge higher following continued losses in equities

Here’s where stock futures were in extended trading ahead of the overnight session Wednesday:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +10.75 (+0.27%) to 3,941.00

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +76.00 (+0.24%) to 31,819.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +30.50 (+0.25%) to 12,000.25

  • Crude (CL=F): +$0.02 (+0.02%) to $105.73

  • Gold (GC=F): -$1.90 (-0.10%) to $1,851.80 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): -7.2 bps to yield 2.9210%

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York, the United States, May 5, 2022. U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday as heavy selling intensified on Wall Street.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1063.09 points, or 3.12 percent, to 32,997.97. The S&P 500 fell 153.30 points, or 3.56 percent, to 4,146.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 647.17 points, or 4.99 percent, to 12,317.69. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York, the United States, May 5, 2022. U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday as heavy selling intensified on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1063.09 points, or 3.12 percent, to 32,997.97. The S&P 500 fell 153.30 points, or 3.56 percent, to 4,146.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 647.17 points, or 4.99 percent, to 12,317.69. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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Alexandra Semenova is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter @alexandraandnyc

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