Earnings, CPI Outlook Elevate Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Up, Europe Off

07:17 AM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Friday as traders awaited the next inflation report from Washington, and weighed earnings-season results.

In the futures, the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq added 0.5% and the Dow Jones was up 0.1%.

The September consumer price index (CPI) will be issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 am ET, as select staffers were called back on duty from the US government shutdown to complete the report.

Asian exchanges traded mostly north overnight on optimism for China-US trade relations ahead of a meeting slated for next Thursday, between President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping.

European bourses edged lower midday on the continent.

In earnings news, Intel (INTC) rose 8% pre-bell after the chip-maker reported a swing into the black in Q3 on strong sales, late Thursday.

Ford (F) rose 4% pre-bell after the auto-giant reported Q3 earnings and revenue above Street views, after-bell Thursday.

On the economic calendar, in addition to the CPI report, is the S&P Global PMI for October at 9:45 am ET, followed by the consumer sentiment bulletin for October from the University of Michigan at 10 am.

The weekly Baker Hughes domestic oil-and-gas rig count posts at 1 pm.

In premarket action, Bitcoin traded at $111,160, West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded steadily at $61.80, and 10-year US Treasuries offered 4.01%. Spot gold traded for $4,062 an ounce.

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