Investors are keeping an eye on the 10-year Treasury yield, which has been rising on the back of strong corporate earnings. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Thursday that Trump's efforts to unleash capital in the private sector could stoke inflationary pressures and prompt the benchmark 10-year rate to retest the 5% level.

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Trump’s executive orders included overhauls to U.S. trade policy and declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

Companies in the S&P 500 appear increasingly focused on tariff policies under President Donald Trump, a point of potential volatility for the U.S. stock market, according to a research note from Citigroup.

S&P 500 futures are near flat Thursday night as investors analyzed earnings reports from Apple and other well-known companies ahead of the release of a closely followed inflation report. Futures tied to the broad index ticked higher by 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 53 points, or 0.1%.

So far this earnings season, the average S&P 500 stock has swung by around 5.5% after reporting results—well above the roughly 3.9% move up or down anticipated by derivatives traders, according to Citi analysts.

Citi strategists, led by Chris Montagu, attribute Monday’s sharp stock market sell-off to extended bullish positioning in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, which left markets vulnerable to a pullback. Key Takeaways S&P 500 positioning hit +3,

Shares close lower; QLD in “fiscal deterioration”; ASX may face regulatory action; China to shore up stocks; Praemium flows soar; Myer jumps 6pc.

Options traders whipsawed by the stock market’s recent gyrations are getting anxious that more bouts of volatility may arrive in the coming days, starting with Wednesday’s report on consumer prices.

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Germany’s DAX was nearly unchanged at 20,902.00. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.1%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 1.8% to 19,925.81 after China’s central bank kept its key lending rates unchanged.

Earnings season will roll on this week with 43 S&P 500 companies reporting, headlined by large-cap tech giant Netflix. But whether or not earnings will truly be the focus in the coming weeks will be tested, as political headlines are expected to pile in as Trump is sworn into office.