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Dow Futures Decline Ahead of Fed Rate Hike; Earnings Season Accelerates

Charlie Brooks

Jul 25, 2022 11:20

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Following a strong week for key U.S. indices, U.S. stock futures were neutral on Sunday evening as market participants prepared for the busiest week of corporate earnings. The Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Wednesday is expected to contain additional rate increases.


At 7:10pm ET (11:10pm GMT), Dow Jones Futures and S&P 500 Futures were down 0.1 percent, while Nasdaq 100 Futures were up 0.1 percent.


After concluding its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, it is widely anticipated that the Federal Reserve will announce a 75 basis point rate hike the following week. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) are also slated to report quarterly results.


On the statistics front, the GDP estimate for the second quarter is expected to show growth of 0.4%, reversing the decline of 1.6% in the previous quarter. In addition, CB consumer sentiment, new and pending home sales, durable goods orders, and the Chicago, Dallas, Richmond, and Kansas Fed Manufacturing indexes will be monitored closely.


Key benchmark indices sank on Friday as a result of Snap Inc.'s weaker-than-anticipated earnings (NYSE:SNAP). The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 137.61 points, or 0.4%, to reach 31,893. The S&P 500 slid 0.9% to 3,961.6, while the NASDAQ Composite dropped 1.87% to 11,834.11. The Dow increased by 2% for the week, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose by 2.6% and 3.3%, respectively.


Following the release of earnings, Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) shares plunged 39.1% among equities.


Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) climbed 0.8% despite posting below-consensus earnings, revenue, and user growth.


Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shares slumped 6.7% on earnings that fell short of Wall Street's forecasts.


On the bond markets, United States 10-Year interest rates were 2.752%.