S&P 500 and Nasdaq expected to open higher as jobs and CPI eyed

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Affected assets and topics

$DOW $NASDAQ INFLATION REPORT

Why it matters

US stocks are expected to open moderately higher as investors await key economic data, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures up 0.3% and Dow Jones futures up 0.2%.

Article tone

Neutral How the article is written, as reported by the source.

Expected market reaction

Bullish Confidence 80% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: High

Market impact analysis based on bullish sentiment with 80% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source Yahoo Finance
Claim S&P 500 and Nasdaq expected to open higher as jobs and CPI eyed
Affected assets DOW, NASDAQ
AI inference Bullish · 80%
Generated 2026-02-12 13:23

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
45066
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) NASDAQ Bullish 80% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Expired: not evaluated within 7 days of its 6h timeframe elapsing

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) DOW Bullish 80% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Expired: not evaluated within 7 days of its 6h timeframe elapsing

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Original source

US stocks were expected to open moderately higher on Thursday as investors continue to digest the previous day’s jobs report and await inflation data at the end of the week. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all up 0.3%, wth Dow Jones futures lagging at 0.2%. Stocks wrapped...

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on February 12, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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