Investors Digest Jobless Claims, Inflation Data as US Equity Futures Turn Lower Pre-Bell

09:03 AM EDT, 08/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were lower ahead of Thursday's opening bell as traders digested data on inflation and jobless claims.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.3%, S&P 500 futures were also 0.3% lower, and Nasdaq futures were down 0.4%.

Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 0.8% at $66.14 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude 0.9% higher at $63.19 per barrel.

Weekly jobless claims data, released at 8:30 am ET, showed new unemployment claims decreased to 224,000 in the week ended Aug. 9 from 227,000 in the prior week, compared with estimates compiled by Bloomberg for a decrease to 225,000. The producer price index, also released at 8:30 ET, showed a 0.9% monthly increase in the final demand for July after no change in June, compared with estimates for a smaller 0.2% gain.

In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 1.5% lower, Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 0.4% lower, and China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.5% lower. Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.2%, Germany's DAX index was up 0.4%, France's CAC 40 was up 0.4% and Spain's IBEX 35 was up 0.5% in Europe's early afternoon session.

In equities, DLocal (DLO) stock was up 18% after the company reported late Wednesday Q2 earnings and revenue that topped analysts' estimates. TeraWulf (WULF) shares were nearly 36% higher after the company said it secured a long-term ground lease for the expansion of its high-performance computing infrastructure.

On the losing side, Coherent (COHR) shares were nearly 18% lower, a day after the company agreed to sell its aerospace and defense business for $400 million.

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