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U.S. Stock Futures Rise as Investors Await Fed Rate Decision

Stock futures are higher as investors brace for the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision and a busy slate of corporate earnings. Oil prices remain elevated despite easing for a second session, with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continuing to threaten energy supplies.The Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting with an interest-rate decision due Wednesday. Markets broadly expect policymakers to hold rates steady, although persistent inflation and elevated energy prices have raised expectations for additional tightening next year. Investors will focus on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's comments for clues about the policy outlook as the central bank balances inflation risks against economic growth.Earnings take center stage, with Coca-Cola, Boeing, UPS and PayPal among the major companies that reported before the opening bell. Visa, Robinhood and other companies are scheduled to report after the close. Investors are particularly focused on Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon, which report later this week, looking for evidence that substantial AI investments are translating into revenue growth and profitability.In pre-market trading, S&P 500 futures rose 0.38%, Nasdaq futures rose 0.53% and Dow futures rose 0.25%.Check out this morning's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER -MidCap Financialup 23% after entering into a definitive merger agreement under which Ares Capital will acquire MFIC in a stock-and-cash transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately $2.6BUP AFTER EARNINGS -JetBlueup 14%Celesticaup 11%Royal Caribbeandown 5%Johnson Controlsup 4%Corningup 1%Freeport-McMoRanup 1%Cadence Designup 1%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Watscodown 10%Whirlpooldown 7%HSBCdown 6%Boeingdown 2%Coca-Coladown 1%PayPaldown 1%UPSdown 1%

Nasdaq and S&P 500 Bounce Back as Anthropic IPO Revives Investor Optimism

Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 bounced after two consecutive losing sessions, as the S-1 pre-IPO filing by Anthropic revived investor optimism in the AI trade.  Technology - bolstered by pro-AI spaces like semiconductors, computer hardware, equipment, and communication  stocks - was the best-performing sectors in the S&P 500.  After a 20% decline over the past three weeks, iShares Semiconductors ETFended the day up 3%, though the Software ETF (IGV) was also higher by 0.7%, gaining for the second straight day.   Among the notable decliners on Monday, an equity offering out of Metaweighed on the stock by about 2%, while a revenue miss by Verizonsaw the stock sell off by over 3%.  Overall, Communication Services was by far the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 index.In the opening hour of the evening session, S&P e-Minis and Nasdaq 100 contracts are both down by 0.1%.  In commodities, WTI crude oil futures are down slightly, with energy markets somewhat less on edge as fears of renewed strikes on Iran have not materialized.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Celesticaup 16.2%Hawkinsup 10.8%JetBlue Airwaysup 10.1%AudioEyeup 7.8%Amkor Technologyup 3.4%Cadence Design Systemsup 2.7%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Whirlpooldown 8.5%Custom Truck One Sourcedown 8.5%Clearwater Paperdown 7.3%Brown & Browndown 3.6%Rambusdown 1.9%

Wells Fargo Maintains Whirlpool Price Target at $30

Wells Fargo keeps an Equal Weight rating and $30 price target on Whirlpool after its Q3 results and guidance cut. Heading into the quarter expectations were low, though not to this magnitude, as margin shortfalls in North America and Latin America, along with weaker Small Domestic Appliances segment growth, raised new questions, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Bright spots are few and far between for Whirlpool, Wells Fargo added.