Job Market, Inflation Outlooks Boost Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia, Europe Up

07:14 AM EDT, 09/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Monday as traders weighed prospects for Federal Reserve easing after the recent batch of soft job-market reports and awaited pending inflation bulletins from Washington.

In the futures, the S&P 500 gained 0.3%, the Nasdaq edged 0.4% higher and the Dow Jones was up 0.2%.

On the economic news front, the August producer price index bulletin will be issued on Wednesday and the August consumer price index on Thursday.

On the earnings calendar later in the week are Oracle (ORCL), Adobe (ADBE), Synopsys (SNPS), Manchester United (MANU), Kroger (KR), and Chewy (CHWY).

Asian exchanges traded mostly higher overnight, while European bourses tracked moderately north midday on the continent.

AppLovin (APP) shares were up 8.2% and Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 7.5% higher pre-bell, after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Friday that the two stocks would be added to the S&P 500 index on Sept. 22.

In premarket activity, Bitcoin traded at $112,058, West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded higher at $63.06, and 10-year US Treasuries offered 4.08%. Spot gold traded for $3,618 an ounce.

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