US STOCKS-Wall Street set to rebound after Monday's rout
* Futures up: Dow 0.39%, S&P 0.59%, Nasdaq 0.91%
* Oracle rises as sales, profit top estimates on cloud boom
* Continental Resources (CLR) jumps on buyout proposal from founder (Adds comment, details; updates prices)
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The benchmark S&P 500 on Monday closed 20% below its
all-time closing high hit on
The selling pressure eased on Tuesday, with market heavyweights such as Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp (MSFT) and Tesla up between 0.5% and 1% in premarket trading.
Oracle Corp (ORCL) was another gainer after posting upbeat quarterly results on demand for its cloud products. Its shares jumped 12.2%.
The producer price index for final demand rose 0.8% last month after advancing 0.4% in April, the Labor Department said, in line with economists expectation of a 0.8% rise.
Excluding the volatile food, energy and trade services components, producer prices rose 0.5% in May, slightly below the estimated rise of 0.6%.
"We're seeing a bit of a snap back because of the very sharp
sell off we've experienced, but there's not a lot of conviction
as to how sustainable even a one-day rally is likely to be,"
said
The mood remained fragile ahead of the Fed's policy decision on Wednesday. Investors expect the U.S. central bank to raise interest rates by a big 75 basis points after last week's consumer price inflation data came in much hotter than anticipated.
At
Among other stocks, medical equipment maker ResMed Inc (RMD)
rose 1.0% after announcing a
Coinbase Global Inc (COIN) fell 5.8% after announcing it would slash 18% of its workforce, or about 1,100 jobs, as part of its efforts to cut costs amid volatile market conditions.
Continental Resources Inc (CLR) jumped 9.6% after the
shale producer received an all-cash buyout proposal from its
founder
United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) rose 0.7% after saying
searches for international travel increased after