Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures climb as investors await retail data after rate-cut bets cool
US stock futures were mixed on Friday as Wall Street tempered its rate-cut hopes and awaited July’s retail sales report. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose around 0.7%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) were flat and futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) fell below the flatline.