Stock market today: Stocks rebound in Europe and Japan

Markets in Japan and Europe picked up the slack though, notching modest gains.

• S&P 500 Futures: 5,810.75 ⬇️ down 0.06%
• S&P 500: 5,762.48 ⬆️ up 0.42%
• Nasdaq Composite: 18,189.17 ⬆️ up 0.38%
• Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,330.15 ⬆️ up 0.04% 
• STOXX Europe 600: 523.94 ⬆️ up 0.20%
• Nikkei 225: 38,651.97 ⬆️ up 1.93%
• Bitcoin: $63,939.20 ⬆️ up 1.15%

Japan: Markets recover on positive economic indicators

A day after dropping 4.8% on the election of Shigeru Ishiba to be new prime minister—a choice that was expected to strengthen the yen and make Japanese exports less competitive—the Nikkei 225 rebounded 1.93%. It came after economic indicators showed steady business confidence among large manufacturers as well as falling unemployment. Heavy industry companies Kawasaki and Mitsubishi led the way with gains around 8%.

Europe: Indexes rise slightly as investors digest inflation data.

European stocks notched modest gains, with the STOXX Europe 600 rising 0.20% and the U.K. FTSE 100 stepping up 0.30% in early Monday trading. Investors focused on today’s release of preliminary September inflation data for the Eurozone, which came in at 1.8%—in line with economists’ expectations and below the European Central Bank’s target of 2%. The dovish reading will be seen as boosting the chances for another rate cut from the ECB. Germany’s Covestro led the STOXX with a 3.7% gain in early trading after Abu Dhabi state oil firm ADNOC said that it would buy the chemicals group for €15.9 billion ($17.7 billion).

U.S. pre-market trading treads water as markets await data

All three U.S. indexes tread water in pre-market trading Tuesday, as investors awaited Nike earnings, which come after the closing bell, and the big September jobs report which drops Friday.

The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 take a rollercoaster ride

On Friday, the Dow rose 0.04%—hitting yet another new record—while the S&P 500 rose 0.42% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.38%. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sent the market on a rollercoaster ride after saying in prepared remarks that the Fed would continue cutting interest rates—but left the timeline open and suggested he wasn’t in a rush as the market is currently “recalibrating.” All three U.S. indexes dropped before and shortly after Powell’s speech, but within a few hours of the Dow’s triple-digit plummet, indexes were in the green again.