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Dow Jones
By Joe Wallace
U.S. stock futures edged down Monday, signaling muted losses for major indexes at the opening bell after concerns about inflation whipsawed markets last week.
Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked down 0.2%. The broad market gauge retreated over 1.3% last week. Contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% Monday. Futures on the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 edged 0.2% lower.
With earnings season drawing to a close, investors remain focused on whether a recent jump in inflation will blow over or become entrenched. A protracted spell of faster growth in consumer prices could prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy, potentially hurting stocks and other assets that have gained from low interest rates.