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U.S. stocks are heading higher on Thursday, with technology leading the move after Nvidia's stronger-than-expected outlook revived confidence in the AI trade.

U.S. stocks are under pressure at the start of the week, extending last week's losses, with technology stocks leading the decline. Investors are becoming more cautious ahead of a busy week featuring Nvidia earnings, core PCE inflation and the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium.

S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow test key technical levels as momentum fades, raising the risk of a deeper correction heading into a pivotal week.

U.S. stocks are set to open higher on Friday after falling sharply in the previous session. However, the major indices remain on track for weekly losses as investors continue to weigh rising government bond yields and oil prices against a resilient earnings backdrop.

Bears have continued to sell rips in equities over the past week and despite being just 2% away from all-time-highs set last week, there’s apparent growing pessimism across the equity space.

The major European indices and US index futures fell by mid-day in London. The pressure was once again exerted by familiar forced. Bond yields rebounded sharply and a renewed surge in oil prices weighed on sentiment.

US index futures were broadly flat by midday London, following a sharp decline in the previous session. That was before the US Treasury announced thar it was increasing buybacks of long-term debt. That announcement has just caused yields to take a dip, while stock futures and gold have rallied.

Is it a bubble or just a mania? While AI holds a lot of promise the valuations are becoming untethered from historical norms but that doesn’t necessarily mean that prices need to come down.

US equity futures were little changed in the first half of Friday’s session after the S&P 500 closed at another record high in the previous session

U.S. stocks are heading for a higher open as investors digest the latest inflation data. While near-term Fed rate hike expectations have eased, elevated oil prices could rekindle inflation in the coming months.

U.S. stocks are set to open sharply higher after July's consumer inflation figures came in line with expectations, easing some of the pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike rates.

A record S&P 500 close combined with subdued volatility has historically looked more like a stable bullish regime than a sign of complacency immediately preceding a major reversal - see what the historical data shows!