U.S. stock futures bounced back Wednesday as jitters in the U.S. Treasury market eased.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 181 points, or 0.53%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.66% and 0.86%, respectively.
The gains come a day after the major averages suffered their steepest one-day percentage declines in months as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified that inflation was larger and longer than anticipated.
The inflation concerns sent the 10-year yield to its highest level since June, but the benchmark yield has eased on Wednesday, falling 4 basis points to 1.5%.
In stocks, mega cap technology and other growth names that benefit from lower rates rebounded.
Elsewhere, Boeing Co.’s 737 Max test flight for a return to service in China went off without any problems, said a company president. The plane maker hopes the jet will return to service in the country later this year.
Electric-vehicle maker Lucid Group Inc. is on track to meet its production targets for 2022 and 2023, CEO Peter Rawlinson told Reuters.
Micron Technology Inc. gave current-quarter revenue guidance that was below Wall Street estimates and warned shipments of its memory chips would slow because its customers were having trouble obtaining other PC parts.
Sherwin Williams Co. said revenue for the current quarter and the remainder of the year would be flat to lower because of raw material shortages. The company also lowered its profit outlook due to the impact inflation will have on margins
Dollar Tree Inc. announced plans to add price points above $1 in Dollar Tree Plus stores and would begin testing the strategy in some legacy stores.
In commodities, West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 48 cents to $74.81 a barrel and gold edged up $5.30 to $1,742.80 an ounce.
Overseas markets were mixed.
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European bourses were broadly higher with France’s CAC 40 rising 1.19%, Germany’s DAX 30 increasing 0.98% and Britain’s FTSE 100 climbing 0.85%.
In Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 0.67% while China’s Shanghai Composite and Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 1.83% and 2.12%, respectively.