Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits another April inflation report: Live updates

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 12, 2026 · 359 words · By Lisa Kailai Han

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What to know about Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits another April inflation report: Live updates

stock futures were little changed on Tuesday night as traders looked ahead to the release of another major inflation report.

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What happened

stock futures were little changed on Tuesday night as traders looked ahead to the release of another major inflation report.

Why it matters

S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped less than 0.1%.

Common ground

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were trading around the flatline.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits another April inflation report: Live updates?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting a headline increase of 0.5% on the month [for April's PPI], in line with March's rate?
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Claim 1: “Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting a headline increase of 0.5% on the month [for April's PPI], in line with March's rate.”

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A MarketWatch economic calendar consensus forecast specifically lists the April PPI forecast as 0.5%, based on surveys by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.

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web search NEUTRAL — Producer price index. April. 0.5%.The median forecasts in this calendar come from surveys of economists conducted by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. All statistics in this calendar ar…
https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar

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web search NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 313.62 points to 49,596.97, closing below 50,000 after declines in oil and chip stocks.Reuters’ survey of economists points to an increase of 62,000 jobs for Apri…
https://ts2.tech/en/dow-jones-today-after-the-bell-dow-drops…

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web search NEUTRAL — Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the PPI accelerating 1.1 percent after a previously reported 0.7 percent gain in February. In the 12 months through March, the PPI advanced 4.0 percent after …
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/finance/article/329307/US-pro…

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Claim 2: “Allianz, Birkenstock, Alibaba and Nebius will report earnings before Wednesday's opening bell.”

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Claim 3: “Olaolu Aganga, head of portfolio construction at Citi Wealth... said on CNBC's "Closing Bell: Overtime" on Tuesday afternoon.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Olaolu Aganga's appearance on CNBC's 'Closing Bell: Overtime'.

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Claim 4: “Excluding volatile food and energy prices, this number is expected to come in at a 0.4% rise.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the core PPI forecast of 0.4%.

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Claim 5: “annual consumer price index reading for April which saw consumer prices rise at their highest rate in about three years.”

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The provided evidence for this claim only contains dictionary definitions of the word 'annual' and does not provide the actual CPI data for April to verify the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ANNUAL is covering the period of a year. How to use annual in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual

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web search NEUTRAL — ANNUAL definition: 1. happening once every year: 2. relating to a period of one year: 3. a book or magazine…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/annual

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web search NEUTRAL — Define annual. annual synonyms, annual pronunciation, annual translation, English dictionary definition of annual. adj. 1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examinati…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/annual

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Claim 6: “President Donald Trump on Monday called the month-old ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran "unbelievably weak" and "on massive life support".”

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Three independent web sources confirm that President Trump called the ceasefire 'unbelievably weak' and on 'massive life support' on Monday.

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Claim 7: “S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped less than 0.1% on Tuesday night.”

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Multiple web search results indicate that S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined by approximately 0.1% to 0.2%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index. Since first opening at 100.00 on February 5, 1971, the Nasdaq Composite has increased, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Nasd…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100

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Claim 8: “During Tuesday's session, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite pulled back from their records.”

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Web search results confirm that the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit session highs during Tuesday's trading before pulling back.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite

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Claim 9: “The broad market index slipped 0.16%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.71%.”

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A web search result specifically mentions the S&P 500 falling 0.13% and the Nasdaq declining 0.7%, which closely aligns with the claim of 0.16% and 0.71%.

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Claim 10: “The Dow bucked these losses, adding 56.09 points, or 0.11%.”

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While general Dow Jones data is available, no specific evidence was found in the provided results to confirm the exact point increase of 56.09 or the percentage of 0.11% for that specific Tuesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Dow_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1896. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_…

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Claim 11: “April's producer price index [will be released] on Wednesday morning.”

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Both a cross-reference from CNBC and BLS-related web search results confirm the PPI for April is scheduled for release on Wednesday morning.

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web search NEUTRAL — Schedule of Releases for the Producer Price Index ... Subscribe to the BLS Online Calendar Online calendar subscription — automatically updated: If you use a recent version of an electronic calendar, …
https://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/ppi.htm

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web search NEUTRAL — The Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a family of indexes that measures the average change over time in prices received (price changes) by producers for domesticall…
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/ppi_05152025.pdf

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web search NEUTRAL — 23 economic release dates for release: Producer Price Index. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/releases/calendar?rid=46&ve=2024…

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