US Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Fed Rate Decision as Oil Eases

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US stock futures moved higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, with Dow futures up 129 points, or 0.3%, S&P 500 futures gaining 21 points, or 0.3%, and Nasdaq 100 futures advancing 145 points, or 0.5% at 07:12 GMT. Markets broadly anticipated a 25-basis-point increase at the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee's two-day meeting, which would bring the federal funds rate to a range of 3.75% to 4%, and investors awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on whether the move would be a standalone adjustment or the start of a broader tightening cycle. Crude oil prices fell after an unexpectedly large increase in US inventories, with Brent crude futures down 1.2% to $107.47 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate futures down 1.8% to $103.94, though both benchmarks remained above $100 after gaining at least 5% over the preceding week amid Middle East disruptions that included Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, a shutdown of an east-west pipeline and suspended loadings at the Yanbu port. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called for AI developers to work with independent safety evaluators rather than broadly slowing development, saying Meta had delayed the release of its latest Muse AI model to address safety and security considerations, a stance that followed an essay by Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei calling for slower AI development. OpenAI has held discussions about a new financing round that would value the company at $1.2 trillion, according to The Wall Street Journal, a potential transaction that would precede an initial public offering, after OpenAI completed a $122 billion financing round in March at a valuation of $852 billion and reported revenue of $6.7 billion in the three months to June.

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