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It's so great to have you here on this Thursday, September 11th. I'm Julie Morgan.

Markets are keeping an eye out for key inflation data. Gunmakers rise after a fatal shooting in Utah,

and Ant Group rolls out a humanoid robot that's got skills.

Stock index futures are higher as investors look forward to the key retail inflation report.

S&P futures are up 0.2%.

NASDAQ 100 futures are up 0.2% as well, and Dow futures are up 0.2%. Nasdaq 100 futures are up 0.2% as well, and Dow futures are up 0.1%. The 10-year treasury

yield was unchanged at 4.06%. The two-year yield was flat at 3.56%. Of course, the main economic

report for the day is the August CPI data.

The average economist sees the consumer price index advancing up 0.3% month over month in August

from 0.2% in the prior month. On a year-over-year basis, the gauge is anticipated to be up 2.9% nearly a full percentage point above the Federal

Reserve's goal compared with 2.7% in July. When you take out food and energy cost, core CPI growth

is forecast to hold steady at up 3.1% year over year, its highest level since February, and up 0.3% month over month in August.

Be sure to check out Wall Street lunch with Kim Kahn because he'll have a full breakdown of

CPI after the numbers are reported before the opening bell this morning.

Gun stocks were pulled higher late Wednesday afternoon and are higher in pre-market

action in the wake of the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah.

Kirk was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA. He was speaking at Utah Valley University

when someone fired a shot hitting him in the neck.

Kirk was rushed to the hospital where he later died. He was only 31.

An initial suspect was apprehended at the site and later released the shooter is still out there.

Firearms-related stock surged as investors anticipated that the shooting would fuel demand for stricter gun control

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