A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange on December 17, 2025 in New York City.
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S&P500 futures It traded near the flatline on Wednesday night as investors awaited inflation data that could be a catalyst for the market.
Futures tied to a broad market index rose 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures Added 0.2%. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average We lost an 8-point lead.
shares of micron technology Semiconductor markets soared more than 7% in after-hours trading after the semiconductor market beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and bottom line profits and provided strong earnings forecasts for the current period.
Traders are awaiting the release of the November consumer price index, scheduled for Thursday morning. This will be the first consumer inflation report released to the public since the U.S. government shutdown ended last month. According to a survey of economists conducted by Dow Jones, headline inflation is expected to rise at a pace of 3.1% year-on-year.
Stocks are coming off a rough trading session, weighed down by heavy losses in major semiconductor stocks linked to artificial intelligence trading. of S&P500 and 30 shares Dow Finished minus 4th day. of Nasdaq Composite fell 1.8%, lagging among the three major indexes.
Oracle fell more than 5% in regular trading after the Financial Times reported that the cloud infrastructure company’s major investor had pulled out of a $10 billion Michigan data center.
Concerns about the high cost of capital behind big data center deals like Oracle sent shivers across the market, with several chipmakers refusing to sympathize throughout the session. broadcom fell 4.5%, but Nvidia and advanced micro device It also fell.
Despite investors’ recent shift away from tech stocks, the sector maintains momentum heading into the end of 2025 with an advance of about 19%.
“While Oracle’s poor performance has added to the recent tech anxiety, it’s important to take a step back and consider that technology is still up 20% on the year and just completed its longest winning streak in history,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group. “The bottom line is that while some air has been let out of the balloon, the overall market is stagnant, all things considered.”
