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WTF Dailies September 09, 2025

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the Nasdaq Composite hit a new record. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 57 points, or 0.13%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.12% and 0.11%, respectively.

Sage Kakkat

08 Sep 2025 — 4 min read

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the Nasdaq Composite hit a new record. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 57 points, or 0.13%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.12% and 0.11%, respectively.
Investors are now awaiting two key inflation reports that could determine what Federal Reserve policymakers will do at their meeting next week. Last week, a surprisingly weak jobs report added to hopes the path for interest rates is lower. However, any surprising strength in the inflation readings could throw a wrench in that outlook. The August producer price index report is due out Wednesday morning, while the consumer price index is set to release on Thursday.
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index will release Tuesday before the open and provide further color on the economic picture. Any weakness in sentiment could spell more trouble for the jobs market, as small businesses employ much of the U.S. workforce.Asian stock markets were mixed on Tuesday, with most indices gaining on expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut next week, while Japan’s Nikkei hit a record high after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation.
Wall Street ended modestly higher on Monday, with the NASDAQ Composite hitting a record high close. U.S. stock index futures edged higher in Asia hours on Tuesday.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose as much as 1.2% to 44,185.7 points on Tuesday, its highest level ever. However, the index pared all its gains to trade 0.1% higher at 43,673.6 points as of 04:05 GMT. The index was set for its fourth consecutive day of gains. The broader TOPIX was largely unchanged.
The move comes after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stepped down on Sunday following heavy election losses and growing internal party dissent. This sparked expectations that his successor may pursue more expansionary fiscal and monetary policies. Political uncertainty, paradoxically, helped lift equities as bets grew that the Bank of Japan would delay further tightening.
The rise was also attributed to data on Monday showing that revised second-quarter gross domestic product expanded at a 2.2% annualized rate, up from an earlier estimate of 1.0%, driven by robust private consumption and contributions from inventory gains.
On a quarterly basis, GDP rose 0.5%, exceeding the initial 0.3% projection.
Broader market sentiment was upbeat on news of a U.S.-Japan deal lowering tariffs on Japanese auto exports by mid-September. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped as much as 1.5% in early trade, with the sub-index Hang Seng TECH climbing on optimism around tech-heavy Nasdaq hitting a record high. Hang Seng traded 0.8% higher at the time of writing.
In South Korea, the KOSPI also advanced 1.1%.
China’s Shanghai Composite index edged 0.3% lower, while the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 fell 0.4%.
Elsewhere, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.7%, pressured by financial stocks.
India’s Nifty 50 index edged 0.3% higher at open, while Singapore’s Straits Times Index edged 0.3% lower.

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