<div id="readability-page-1">Stock futures are firmly higher this morning, as investors unpack the latest inflation data. Delayed consumer price index (CPI) data showed annual inflation at 2.7% in November, while core CPI came in at 2.6%, both lighter than analyst estimates of 3.1% and 3.0%, respectively. Meanwhile, AI heavyweight Micron Technology (MU) is soaring after earnings, up 13.3% at last check. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are up triple digits, while S&amp;P 500 Index (SPX) futures sit comfortably in the black as well. <ul> <li>The best S&amp;P 500 stock in 2025. </li> <li>There's still a handful of economic data due out Christmas week. </li> <li>Plus, LULU surges on investor stake; WDC rises after bull note; and BIRK falls as forecast disappoints. </li> </ul> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://schaeffers-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/default-source/schaeffers-cdn-images/2025/december/ov/futures-dec18.png/query-c2Z2cnNuPTg2YjRiZTA2XzI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="536" height="180" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://schaeffers-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/default-source/schaeffers-cdn-images/2025/december/ov/futures-dec18.png/query-c2Z2cnNuPTg2YjRiZTA2XzI"/> <h2>5 Things You Need to Know Today</h2> <ol> <li>The Cboe Options Exchange saw over 2 million call contracts and more than 1.5 million put contracts exchanged on Wednesday. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 0.75, while the 21-day moving average remained at 0.58.</li> <li>Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) stock is up 7.4% premarket, after activist investor Elliot Management took a $1 billion stake in the athletic retailer and is pushing for change. Since the start of the year, LULU is down 45.6%. </li> <li>Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) is up 4.6% in electronic trading, after Morgan Stanley lifted its price target to $228 from $188, keeping its &#34;outperform&#34; rating. Year to date, Western Digital stock up an impressive 269% heading into today's trading. </li> <li>Birkenstock Holding PLC (NYSE:BIRK) is down 13.2% before the bell, despite better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue, after a disappointing full-year forecast. The stock has been climbing since its early-November lows, but is still down 18.1% year to date. </li> <li>See what's coming up for the rest of this week. </li> </ol> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://schaeffers-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/default-source/schaeffers-cdn-images/2025/december/ov/buzzdec18.jpg/query-c2Z2cnNuPWViYjRiZTA2XzI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="831" height="238" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://schaeffers-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/default-source/schaeffers-cdn-images/2025/december/ov/buzzdec18.jpg/query-c2Z2cnNuPWViYjRiZTA2XzI"/> <h2>Interest Rate Decisions in Focus</h2> More policy meetings are underway, with Japan slated to conclude its two-day affair tomorrow. The country’s central bank is expected to raise rates to a 30-year high of 0.75%. AI and tech stocks weighed on sentiment, pushing the region’s Nikkei 1% lower for the session. South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.5%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.1%, and China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.2%. European stocks are mostly higher, after the Bank of England (BoE) lowered rates by 0.25% to 3.75%, its lowest mark in roughly three years. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates steady, though it did hike the euro zone’s growth outlook. At last glance, London’s FTSE 100 is flat, France’s CAC 40 is up 0.1%, and Germany’s DAX is 0.2% higher.</div>

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股指期貨上漲，因為通脹數據低於預期，消費者物價指數（CPI）為 2.7%，核心 CPI 為 2.6%。美光科技在財報發佈後上漲 13.3%。露露樂蒙在艾略特管理公司投資 10 億美元后上漲 7.4%。西部數據在提高價格目標後上漲 4.6%。Birkenstock 因預測不佳下跌 13.2%。全球市場對利率決策作出反應，日本預計將加息，而英格蘭銀行則降低利率

Stock Futures Rise After Lighter-Than-Expected Inflation Data

- 美股期貨上漲，因最新通脹數據低於預期。  
- 11 月 CPI 年增率為 2.7%，核心 CPI 為 2.6%。  
- LULU 因投資者增持上漲 7.4%，BIRK 因預測失望下跌 13.2%。

股指期貨在通脹數據低於預期後上漲