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BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 05/13/25 08:37 AM EDTMay 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures moved higher on Tuesday after a lower-than-expected inflation report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve was on track to lower borrowing costs this year.
A Labor Department report showed April consumer price inflation rose 0.2% on a monthly basis and stood at 2.3% year-on-year, with economists polled by Reuters expecting a 0.3% monthly rise and the annual rate holding steady at 2.4%.
The core figure, which excludes volatile components such as food and energy, rose 0.2% on a monthly basis compared to an estimate of 0.3%. Annually, it stood at 2.8% against an expectation of 2.8%.
At 08:32 a.m., Dow E-minis were down 118 points, or 0.28%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 7.5 points, or 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 70 points, or 0.33%. (Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)
