{"id":74843,"date":"2026-06-17T20:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/?p=74843"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:02:45","slug":"wednesday-17th-june-2026-u-s-futures-flat-as-investors-await-fed-decision-dow-hits-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wednesday-17th-june-2026-u-s-futures-flat-as-investors-await-fed-decision-dow-hits-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 17th June 2026: U.S. Futures Flat as Investors Await Fed Decision; Dow Hits Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.82%, Shanghai Composite down 0.18% Hang Seng down 0.48% ASX up 0.49%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,348.87 (-0.13%) Silver at $70.080 (0.09%), Brent Oil at $78.72 (-0.30%), WTI Oil at $75.74 (-0.41%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.428, UK 10-year yield at 4.7929, Germany 10-year yield at 2.9400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(CAD) Manufacturing Sales m\/m 4.2%&nbsp; to 4.4%&nbsp; expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(CAD) Wholesale Sales m\/m 0.6%&nbsp; to 0.2%&nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock futures were little changed Tuesday night as investors awaited the Federal Reserve\u2019s latest interest rate decision. S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures traded near the flatline, while Dow futures gained about 47 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s regular session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 328.64 points, or 0.64%, reaching fresh intraday and closing records. The index briefly crossed the 52,000 mark for the first time before ending slightly below that level. Meanwhile, the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite declined 0.57% and 1.15%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX shares continued their strong rally, climbing more than 4% during the session and extending gains in after-hours trading. The stock is now up nearly 50% from its IPO price of $135 per share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markets remained supported by optimism after President Donald Trump announced a potential agreement between the U.S. and Iran to end their conflict. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said military operations have ceased, with a formal signing ceremony expected in Switzerland on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Chronert, head of U.S. equity strategy at Citi Research, said he remains constructive on equities heading into the second half of the year. He expects AI infrastructure companies to continue leading the market and believes easing oil prices could allow the Fed to remain on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors are widely expecting the Federal Reserve, now led by Chairman Kevin Warsh, to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75%. Earnings from CarMax and Jabil, along with retail sales and housing data, will also be closely watched on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>04:30 AM GMT &#8211; AUD Cash rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tentative GMT &#8211; JPY Monetary Policy meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: U.S. stock futures were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":74104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74844,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74843\/revisions\/74844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}